#937ea9

Color #937ea9

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 20.77 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12.4

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Conversions

HEX

#937ea9

RGB

rgb(147, 126, 169)

HSL

hsl(269.3, 20%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(269.3, 25.4%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(13%, 25.4%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(56.08, 16.59, -19.86)

LCH

lch(56.08, 25.88, 309.87)

OKLCH

oklch(62.8%, 0.0677, 306.77)

HWB

hwb(269.3, 49.4%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#94a97e

Analogous

#7e7ea9

#937ea9

#a87ea9

Triadic

#937ea9

#a9937e

#7ea993

Split-complementary

#937ea9

#a9a87e

#7ea97e

Tetradic

#937ea9

#a97e94

#94a97e

#7ea993

Square

#937ea9

#a97e7e

#94a97e

#7ea9a8

Shades

Color #937ea9 mixed toward black.

#7a6293

#624f76

#493b58

#31273b

#18141d

Tints

Color #937ea9 mixed toward white.

#a593b7

#b7a9c6

#c9bed4

#dbd4e2

#ede9f1

Tones

Color #937ea9 mixed toward gray.

#9381a5

#9385a2

#93899e

#938c9b

#939097

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.8:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8aa0 · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#8c8d9e · ΔE 11.9

Tritanopia

#929897 · ΔE 20.6

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 18.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #937ea9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#937ea9]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#937ea9 (#937ea9) is rgb(147, 126, 169) in RGB.

No, #937ea9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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