#917aa7

Color #917aa7

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 22.26 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 11.9

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Conversions

HEX

#917aa7

RGB

rgb(145, 122, 167)

HSL

hsl(270.7, 20.4%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270.7, 26.9%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.2%, 26.9%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(54.79, 17.81, -20.69)

LCH

lch(54.79, 27.3, 310.72)

OKLCH

oklch(61.7%, 0.0714, 307.66)

HWB

hwb(270.7, 47.8%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#90a77a

Analogous

#7b7aa7

#917aa7

#a77aa7

Triadic

#917aa7

#a7917a

#7aa791

Split-complementary

#917aa7

#a7a77a

#7aa77b

Tetradic

#917aa7

#a77a90

#90a77a

#7aa791

Square

#917aa7

#a77b7a

#90a77a

#7aa7a7

Shades

Color #917aa7 mixed toward black.

#796091

#614d74

#493a57

#30263a

#18131d

Tints

Color #917aa7 mixed toward white.

#a390b6

#b6a6c4

#c8bdd3

#dad3e2

#ede9f0

Tones

Color #917aa7 mixed toward gray.

#917ea3

#9182a0

#91859c

#918998

#918d94

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.55:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#88879e · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#898b9b · ΔE 13.2

Tritanopia

#909694 · ΔE 21.7

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 18.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #917aa7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#917aa7]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#917aa7 (#917aa7) is rgb(145, 122, 167) in RGB.

No, #917aa7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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