#918897

Color #918897

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.78 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#918897

RGB

rgb(145, 136, 151)

HSL

hsl(276, 6.7%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276, 9.9%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(4%, 9.9%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(57.91, 6.29, -6.77)

LCH

lch(57.91, 9.24, 312.9)

OKLCH

oklch(63.9%, 0.0244, 312)

HWB

hwb(276, 53.3%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e9788

Analogous

#8a8897

#918897

#978896

Triadic

#918897

#979188

#889791

Split-complementary

#918897

#969788

#88978a

Tetradic

#918897

#97888e

#8e9788

#889791

Square

#918897

#978a88

#8e9788

#889697

Shades

Color #918897 mixed toward black.

#797080

#615966

#49434d

#302d33

#18161a

Tints

Color #918897 mixed toward white.

#a39ca8

#b6b0ba

#c8c4cb

#dad7dc

#edebee

Tones

Color #918897 mixed toward gray.

#918996

#918b95

#908c93

#908d92

#908e91

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.17:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8d94 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#8e8e93 · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#919190 · ΔE 10.1

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 9.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #918897;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#918897]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#918897 (#918897) is rgb(145, 136, 151) in RGB.

No, #918897 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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