#8f7896

Color #8f7896

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 16.92 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8f7896

RGB

rgb(143, 120, 150)

HSL

hsl(286, 12.5%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286, 20%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.7%, 20%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(53.47, 14.61, -12.86)

LCH

lch(53.47, 19.46, 318.65)

OKLCH

oklch(60.5%, 0.0521, 318.19)

HWB

hwb(286, 47.1%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7f9678

Analogous

#807896

#8f7896

#96788e

Triadic

#8f7896

#968f78

#78968f

Split-complementary

#8f7896

#8e9678

#789680

Tetradic

#8f7896

#96787f

#7f9678

#78968f

Square

#8f7896

#968078

#7f9678

#788e96

Shades

Color #8f7896 mixed toward black.

#78627e

#604f65

#483b4c

#302733

#181419

Tints

Color #8f7896 mixed toward white.

#a28ea7

#b4a5b9

#c7bbca

#dad2dc

#ece8ed

Tones

Color #8f7896 mixed toward gray.

#8e7a93

#8c7d91

#8b7f8e

#8a828c

#888489

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.29:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#86858f · ΔE 12

Deuteranopia

#87898e · ΔE 15.3

Tritanopia

#8e8a89 · ΔE 15.9

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 16.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f7896;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f7896]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#8f7896 (#8f7896) is rgb(143, 120, 150) in RGB.

No, #8f7896 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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