#928faa

Color #928faa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.38 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#928faa

RGB

rgb(146, 143, 170)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 13.7%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 15.9%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.1%, 15.9%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(60.48, 6.69, -13.76)

LCH

lch(60.48, 15.3, 295.93)

OKLCH

oklch(66.2%, 0.0398, 290.3)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 56.1%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7aa8f

Analogous

#8f9aaa

#928faa

#a08faa

Triadic

#928faa

#aa928f

#8faa92

Split-complementary

#928faa

#aaa08f

#9aaa8f

Tetradic

#928faa

#aa8fa7

#a7aa8f

#8faa92

Square

#928faa

#aa8f9a

#a7aa8f

#8faaa0

Shades

Color #928faa mixed toward black.

#757194

#5d5a77

#464459

#2f2d3b

#17171e

Tints

Color #928faa mixed toward white.

#a4a2b8

#b6b4c6

#c9c7d5

#dbdae3

#edecf1

Tones

Color #928faa mixed toward gray.

#9491a8

#9694a6

#9796a3

#9998a1

#9b9a9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9191a4 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#9191a3 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#929f9e · ΔE 16.5

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 12.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #928faa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#928faa]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#928faa (#928faa) is rgb(146, 143, 170) in RGB.

No, #928faa 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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