#938b9c

Color #938b9c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.66 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#938b9c

RGB

rgb(147, 139, 156)

HSL

hsl(268.2, 7.9%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(268.2, 10.9%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.8%, 10.9%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(59.04, 6.32, -7.93)

LCH

lch(59.04, 10.14, 308.55)

OKLCH

oklch(64.9%, 0.0266, 306.74)

HWB

hwb(268.2, 54.5%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#949c8b

Analogous

#8b8b9c

#938b9c

#9b8b9c

Triadic

#938b9c

#9c938b

#8b9c93

Split-complementary

#938b9c

#9c9b8b

#8b9c8b

Tetradic

#938b9c

#9c8b94

#949c8b

#8b9c93

Square

#938b9c

#9c8b8b

#949c8b

#8b9c9b

Shades

Color #938b9c mixed toward black.

#7a7185

#625a6a

#494450

#312d35

#18171b

Tints

Color #938b9c mixed toward white.

#a59eac

#b7b2bd

#c9c5cd

#dbd8de

#edecee

Tones

Color #938b9c mixed toward gray.

#938c9a

#938e99

#938f98

#939196

#939295

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#909098 · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#909197 · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#939594 · ΔE 11.1

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 9.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #938b9c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#938b9c]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#938b9c (#938b9c) is rgb(147, 139, 156) in RGB.

No, #938b9c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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