Information about Purple Grey color
Basic facts about this digital color
#866F85 presents itself as a softly muted balanced grey tone — one that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Graceland (#877482). Slightly further away sit Grey Purple (#826D8C) and De Janeiro (#856684).
In RGB terms — rgb(134, 111, 133) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #866F85: 4.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.5:1 for white. The name "Purple Grey" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Purple Grey color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Purple Grey color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Purple Grey color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Purple Grey color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Purple Grey color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Purple Grey color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to Purple Grey color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Purple Grey
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#877482
#826D8C
#856684
#887191
#7A687F
#8B7D82
#856088
#946A81
#786A7F
#825F87
#8A7F80
#86608E
Purple Grey color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#866F85
- RGB134, 111, 133
- CMYK0, 9, 0, 47
- CSSrgb(134, 111, 133)
- HSL303°, 9%, 48%
- HSL Precise302.609°, 9.388%, 48.039%
- HSV303°, 17%, 53%
- HSB303°, 17%, 53%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.525
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.435
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.522
- GLSLvec3(0.525, 0.435, 0.522)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.525, 0.435, 0.522, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.525, 0.435, 0.522)
- Percentage of Red in RGB52.5%
- Percentage of Green in RGB43.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB52.2%
- Color FamilyMagenta
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID866F85
- DECIMAL ID8810373
- Name Length11
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- Counting from2025-01-01
