#917e9d

Color #917e9d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 15.81 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#917e9d

RGB

rgb(145, 126, 157)

HSL

hsl(276.8, 13.7%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.8, 19.7%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.6%, 19.7%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(55.46, 13.3, -13.9)

LCH

lch(55.46, 19.24, 313.74)

OKLCH

oklch(62.1%, 0.0508, 312.29)

HWB

hwb(276.8, 49.4%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a9d7e

Analogous

#827e9d

#917e9d

#9d7e9a

Triadic

#917e9d

#9d917e

#7e9d91

Split-complementary

#917e9d

#9a9d7e

#7e9d82

Tetradic

#917e9d

#9d7e8a

#8a9d7e

#7e9d91

Square

#917e9d

#9d827e

#8a9d7e

#7e9a9d

Shades

Color #917e9d mixed toward black.

#7a6686

#61516b

#493d50

#312936

#18141b

Tints

Color #917e9d mixed toward white.

#a393ad

#b6a9be

#c8bece

#dad4de

#ede9ef

Tones

Color #917e9d mixed toward gray.

#90819a

#908398

#8f8695

#8f8893

#8e8b90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#898996 · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#8a8c95 · ΔE 13

Tritanopia

#90918f · ΔE 18.3

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 15.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #917e9d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#917e9d]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#917e9d (#917e9d) is rgb(145, 126, 157) in RGB.

No, #917e9d 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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