#8969a9

Color #8969a9

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 22.76 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 13.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8969a9

RGB

rgb(137, 105, 169)

HSL

hsl(270, 27.1%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 37.9%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.9%, 37.9%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(49.84, 25.63, -29.57)

LCH

lch(49.84, 39.13, 310.92)

OKLCH

oklch(57.8%, 0.1017, 306.44)

HWB

hwb(270, 41.2%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#89a969

Analogous

#6969a9

#8969a9

#a969a9

Triadic

#8969a9

#a98969

#69a989

Split-complementary

#8969a9

#a9a969

#69a969

Tetradic

#8969a9

#a96989

#89a969

#69a989

Square

#8969a9

#a96969

#89a969

#69a9a9

Shades

Color #8969a9 mixed toward black.

#725391

#5b4374

#443257

#2e213a

#17111d

Tints

Color #8969a9 mixed toward white.

#9d82b7

#b09bc6

#c4b4d4

#d8cde2

#ebe6f1

Tones

Color #8969a9 mixed toward gray.

#896ea4

#89749e

#897999

#897e94

#89848e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7c9d · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#7e8099 · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#88928f · ΔE 25.2

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 22.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8969a9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8969a9]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8969a9 (#8969a9) is rgb(137, 105, 169) in RGB.

No, #8969a9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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