#917fb0

Color #917fb0

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 22.78 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 13.8

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Conversions

HEX

#917fb0

RGB

rgb(145, 127, 176)

HSL

hsl(262, 23.7%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262, 27.8%, 69%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.6%, 27.8%, 0%, 31%)

LAB

lab(56.42, 16.94, -23.38)

LCH

lch(56.42, 28.87, 305.93)

OKLCH

oklch(63.1%, 0.075, 301.08)

HWB

hwb(262, 49.8%, 31%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9eb07f

Analogous

#7f85b0

#917fb0

#a97fb0

Triadic

#917fb0

#b0917f

#7fb091

Split-complementary

#917fb0

#b0a97f

#85b07f

Tetradic

#917fb0

#b07f9e

#9eb07f

#7fb091

Square

#917fb0

#b07f85

#9eb07f

#7fb0a9

Shades

Color #917fb0 mixed toward black.

#76609c

#5f4d7d

#473a5e

#2f273e

#18131f

Tints

Color #917fb0 mixed toward white.

#a394bd

#b6aaca

#c8bfd8

#dad4e5

#edeaf2

Tones

Color #917fb0 mixed toward gray.

#9283ac

#9387a8

#948ba4

#958fa0

#96939c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a89a6 · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#8b8ca3 · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#909d9b · ΔE 22.9

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #917fb0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#917fb0]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

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Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#917fb0 (#917fb0) is rgb(145, 127, 176) in RGB.

No, #917fb0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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