#908398

Color #908398

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.4 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#908398

RGB

rgb(144, 131, 152)

HSL

hsl(277.1, 9.3%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.1, 13.8%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.3%, 13.8%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(56.51, 9.01, -9.43)

LCH

lch(56.51, 13.04, 313.7)

OKLCH

oklch(62.8%, 0.0345, 312.77)

HWB

hwb(277.1, 51.4%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b9883

Analogous

#858398

#908398

#988396

Triadic

#908398

#989083

#839890

Split-complementary

#908398

#969883

#839885

Tetradic

#908398

#98838b

#8b9883

#839890

Square

#908398

#988583

#8b9883

#839698

Shades

Color #908398 mixed toward black.

#796b81

#605667

#48404d

#302b34

#18151a

Tints

Color #908398 mixed toward white.

#a398a9

#b5acba

#c8c1cc

#dad6dd

#edeaee

Tones

Color #908398 mixed toward gray.

#908596

#8f8695

#8f8893

#8e8a91

#8e8c8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8a93 · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#8b8c92 · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 12.3

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 12

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #908398;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#908398]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#908398 (#908398) is rgb(144, 131, 152) in RGB.

No, #908398 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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