#956bae

Color #956bae

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 22.27 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 14.6

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Conversions

HEX

#956bae

RGB

rgb(149, 107, 174)

HSL

hsl(277.6, 29.3%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.6, 38.5%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.4%, 38.5%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(51.79, 29.38, -29.34)

LCH

lch(51.79, 41.52, 315.04)

OKLCH

oklch(59.6%, 0.1092, 312.14)

HWB

hwb(277.6, 42%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#84ae6b

Analogous

#736bae

#956bae

#ae6ba6

Triadic

#956bae

#ae956b

#6bae95

Split-complementary

#956bae

#a6ae6b

#6bae73

Tetradic

#956bae

#ae6b84

#84ae6b

#6bae95

Square

#956bae

#ae736b

#84ae6b

#6ba6ae

Shades

Color #956bae mixed toward black.

#7e5397

#654279

#4b325b

#32213d

#19111e

Tints

Color #956bae mixed toward white.

#a784bc

#b89cc9

#cab5d7

#dccee4

#ede6f2

Tones

Color #956bae mixed toward gray.

#9471a8

#9276a3

#917c9d

#8f8198

#8e8792

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.99:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8585a1 · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#878a9e · ΔE 16.4

Tritanopia

#939693 · ΔE 25.9

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 22.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #956bae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#956bae]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#956bae (#956bae) is rgb(149, 107, 174) in RGB.

No, #956bae 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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