#908496

Color #908496

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.77 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#908496

RGB

rgb(144, 132, 150)

HSL

hsl(280, 7.9%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 12%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(4%, 12%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(56.72, 8.02, -7.97)

LCH

lch(56.72, 11.31, 315.18)

OKLCH

oklch(63%, 0.0299, 314.59)

HWB

hwb(280, 51.8%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a9684

Analogous

#878496

#908496

#968493

Triadic

#908496

#969084

#849690

Split-complementary

#908496

#939684

#849687

Tetradic

#908496

#96848a

#8a9684

#849690

Square

#908496

#968784

#8a9684

#849396

Shades

Color #908496 mixed toward black.

#796c7f

#605765

#48414c

#302b33

#181619

Tints

Color #908496 mixed toward white.

#a399a8

#b5adb9

#c8c2cb

#dad6dc

#edebee

Tones

Color #908496 mixed toward gray.

#908695

#8f8793

#8f8992

#8e8a90

#8e8c8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b92 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#8c8d91 · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#8f8f8e · ΔE 11.8

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 10.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #908496;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#908496]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#908496 (#908496) is rgb(144, 132, 150) in RGB.

No, #908496 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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