#938999

Color #938999

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.22 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#938999

RGB

rgb(147, 137, 153)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 7.3%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 10.5%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.9%, 10.5%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(58.41, 6.84, -7.15)

LCH

lch(58.41, 9.89, 313.73)

OKLCH

oklch(64.4%, 0.0261, 312.98)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 53.7%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8f9989

Analogous

#8b8999

#938999

#998997

Triadic

#938999

#999389

#899993

Split-complementary

#938999

#979989

#89998b

Tetradic

#938999

#99898f

#8f9989

#899993

Square

#938999

#998b89

#8f9989

#899799

Shades

Color #938999 mixed toward black.

#7b7082

#625a68

#4a434e

#312d34

#19161a

Tints

Color #938999 mixed toward white.

#a59daa

#b7b0bb

#c9c4cc

#dbd8dd

#edebee

Tones

Color #938999 mixed toward gray.

#938a98

#928c96

#928d95

#928e94

#919092

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8f95 · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#8f9094 · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#939292 · ΔE 9.6

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 9.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #938999;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#938999]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#938999 (#938999) is rgb(147, 137, 153) in RGB.

No, #938999 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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