#908b99

Color #908b99

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.6 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#908b99

RGB

rgb(144, 139, 153)

HSL

hsl(261.4, 6.4%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.4, 9.2%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.9%, 9.2%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(58.69, 4.63, -6.76)

LCH

lch(58.69, 8.19, 304.41)

OKLCH

oklch(64.6%, 0.0213, 301.98)

HWB

hwb(261.4, 54.5%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#94998b

Analogous

#8b8d99

#908b99

#978b99

Triadic

#908b99

#99908b

#8b9990

Split-complementary

#908b99

#99978b

#8d998b

Tetradic

#908b99

#998b94

#94998b

#8b9990

Square

#908b99

#998b8d

#94998b

#8b9997

Shades

Color #908b99 mixed toward black.

#787282

#605b68

#48444e

#302e34

#18171a

Tints

Color #908b99 mixed toward white.

#a39eaa

#b5b2bb

#c8c5cc

#dad8dd

#edecee

Tones

Color #908b99 mixed toward gray.

#908c98

#918d97

#918f96

#919094

#929193

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.34:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8e96 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#8e8f95 · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#909393 · ΔE 9.2

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #908b99;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#908b99]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#908b99 (#908b99) is rgb(144, 139, 153) in RGB.

No, #908b99 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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