#948998

Color #948998

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.65 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#948998

RGB

rgb(148, 137, 152)

HSL

hsl(284, 6.8%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284, 9.9%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.6%, 9.9%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(58.47, 7, -6.48)

LCH

lch(58.47, 9.54, 317.21)

OKLCH

oklch(64.5%, 0.0254, 317.07)

HWB

hwb(284, 53.7%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8d9889

Analogous

#8d8998

#948998

#988995

Triadic

#948998

#989489

#899894

Split-complementary

#948998

#959889

#89988d

Tetradic

#948998

#98898d

#8d9889

#899894

Square

#948998

#988d89

#8d9889

#899598

Shades

Color #948998 mixed toward black.

#7c7081

#635a67

#4b434d

#322d33

#19161a

Tints

Color #948998 mixed toward white.

#a69da9

#b8b0ba

#cac4cc

#dbd8dd

#edebee

Tones

Color #948998 mixed toward gray.

#948a97

#938c96

#928d94

#928e93

#918f92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.29:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8f95 · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#909194 · ΔE 8.9

Tritanopia

#939291 · ΔE 10.1

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 9.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #948998;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#948998]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#948998 (#948998) is rgb(148, 137, 152) in RGB.

No, #948998 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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