#94859c

Color #94859c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.49 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#94859c

RGB

rgb(148, 133, 156)

HSL

hsl(279.1, 10.4%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.1, 14.7%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.1%, 14.7%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(57.53, 10.1, -10.17)

LCH

lch(57.53, 14.33, 314.8)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.038, 314.04)

HWB

hwb(279.1, 52.2%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8d9c85

Analogous

#89859c

#94859c

#9c8599

Triadic

#94859c

#9c9485

#859c94

Split-complementary

#94859c

#999c85

#859c89

Tetradic

#94859c

#9c858d

#8d9c85

#859c94

Square

#94859c

#9c8985

#8d9c85

#85999c

Shades

Color #94859c mixed toward black.

#7c6c85

#63566a

#4b4150

#322b35

#19161b

Tints

Color #94859c mixed toward white.

#a699ad

#b8aebd

#cac2ce

#dbd6de

#edebef

Tones

Color #94859c mixed toward gray.

#93879a

#938998

#928b96

#928d94

#918f92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.09:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8e97 · ΔE 9.3

Deuteranopia

#8f9096 · ΔE 10.9

Tritanopia

#939392 · ΔE 14

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 12.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #94859c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#94859c]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#94859c (#94859c) is rgb(148, 133, 156) in RGB.

No, #94859c 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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