#8f839e

Color #8f839e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.3 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8f839e

RGB

rgb(143, 131, 158)

HSL

hsl(266.7, 12.2%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(266.7, 17.1%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.5%, 17.1%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(56.63, 9.92, -12.73)

LCH

lch(56.63, 16.14, 307.93)

OKLCH

oklch(63%, 0.0422, 305.35)

HWB

hwb(266.7, 51.4%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#929e83

Analogous

#83859e

#8f839e

#9d839e

Triadic

#8f839e

#9e8f83

#839e8f

Split-complementary

#8f839e

#9e9d83

#859e83

Tetradic

#8f839e

#9e8392

#929e83

#839e8f

Square

#8f839e

#9e8385

#929e83

#839e9d

Shades

Color #8f839e mixed toward black.

#776a87

#5f556c

#473f51

#302a36

#18151b

Tints

Color #8f839e mixed toward white.

#a298ae

#b4acbe

#c7c1cf

#dad6df

#eceaef

Tones

Color #8f839e mixed toward gray.

#8f859c

#90889a

#908a97

#908c95

#908e93

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a98 · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#8b8c97 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#8e9392 · ΔE 16.1

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 13.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f839e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f839e]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8f839e (#8f839e) is rgb(143, 131, 158) in RGB.

No, #8f839e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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