#8f7c9c

Color #8f7c9c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 16.2 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8f7c9c

RGB

rgb(143, 124, 156)

HSL

hsl(275.6, 13.9%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.6, 20.5%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.3%, 20.5%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(54.72, 13.55, -14.46)

LCH

lch(54.72, 19.82, 313.14)

OKLCH

oklch(61.5%, 0.0522, 311.51)

HWB

hwb(275.6, 48.6%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#899c7c

Analogous

#7f7c9c

#8f7c9c

#9c7c99

Triadic

#8f7c9c

#9c8f7c

#7c9c8f

Split-complementary

#8f7c9c

#999c7c

#7c9c7f

Tetradic

#8f7c9c

#9c7c89

#899c7c

#7c9c8f

Square

#8f7c9c

#9c7f7c

#899c7c

#7c999c

Shades

Color #8f7c9c mixed toward black.

#786485

#60506a

#483c50

#302835

#18141b

Tints

Color #8f7c9c mixed toward white.

#a292ac

#b4a8bd

#c7becd

#dad3de

#ece9ee

Tones

Color #8f7c9c mixed toward gray.

#8e7f99

#8e8197

#8d8494

#8d8791

#8c898f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.53:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#878795 · ΔE 10.5

Deuteranopia

#888a93 · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#8e8f8e · ΔE 17.2

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 15.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8f7c9c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f7c9c]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8f7c9c (#8f7c9c) is rgb(143, 124, 156) in RGB.

No, #8f7c9c 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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