#947aa5

Color #947aa5

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 22.17 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 11.8

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Conversions

HEX

#947aa5

RGB

rgb(148, 122, 165)

HSL

hsl(276.3, 19.3%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.3, 26.1%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.3%, 26.1%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(55, 18.38, -19.19)

LCH

lch(55, 26.57, 313.76)

OKLCH

oklch(61.9%, 0.07, 311.7)

HWB

hwb(276.3, 47.8%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ba57a

Analogous

#7f7aa5

#947aa5

#a57aa1

Triadic

#947aa5

#a5947a

#7aa594

Split-complementary

#947aa5

#a1a57a

#7aa57f

Tetradic

#947aa5

#a57a8b

#8ba57a

#7aa594

Square

#947aa5

#a57f7a

#8ba57a

#7aa1a5

Shades

Color #947aa5 mixed toward black.

#7c618f

#644d72

#4b3a56

#322739

#19131d

Tints

Color #947aa5 mixed toward white.

#a690b4

#b8a6c3

#cabdd2

#dbd3e1

#ede9f0

Tones

Color #947aa5 mixed toward gray.

#937ea1

#93819e

#92859a

#918897

#908c93

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a899c · ΔE 11.5

Deuteranopia

#8b8d9a · ΔE 14.6

Tritanopia

#939493 · ΔE 20.3

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 18.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #947aa5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#947aa5]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#947aa5 (#947aa5) is rgb(148, 122, 165) in RGB.

No, #947aa5 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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