#90879e

Color #90879e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.39 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#90879e

RGB

rgb(144, 135, 158)

HSL

hsl(263.5, 10.6%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(263.5, 14.6%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.9%, 14.6%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(57.78, 7.97, -10.99)

LCH

lch(57.78, 13.58, 305.95)

OKLCH

oklch(63.9%, 0.0354, 303.24)

HWB

hwb(263.5, 52.9%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#959e87

Analogous

#878a9e

#90879e

#9c879e

Triadic

#90879e

#9e9087

#879e90

Split-complementary

#90879e

#9e9c87

#8a9e87

Tetradic

#90879e

#9e8795

#959e87

#879e90

Square

#90879e

#9e878a

#959e87

#879e9c

Shades

Color #90879e mixed toward black.

#776d87

#60576c

#484251

#302c36

#18161b

Tints

Color #90879e mixed toward white.

#a39bae

#b5afbe

#c8c3cf

#dad7df

#edebef

Tones

Color #90879e mixed toward gray.

#91899c

#918b9a

#918d98

#928f96

#929195

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8c99 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#8d8d98 · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#909594 · ΔE 14.4

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 11.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #90879e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#90879e]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#90879e (#90879e) is rgb(144, 135, 158) in RGB.

No, #90879e 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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