#957796

Color #957796

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium magenta.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 19.57 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#957796

RGB

rgb(149, 119, 150)

HSL

hsl(298.1, 12.9%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(298.1, 20.7%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.7%, 20.7%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(53.8, 17.33, -12.3)

LCH

lch(53.8, 21.25, 324.63)

OKLCH

oklch(60.8%, 0.0579, 325.27)

HWB

hwb(298.1, 46.7%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#789677

Analogous

#857796

#957796

#967787

Triadic

#957796

#969577

#779695

Split-complementary

#957796

#879677

#779685

Tetradic

#957796

#967778

#789677

#779695

Square

#957796

#968577

#789677

#778796

Shades

Color #957796 mixed toward black.

#7e627e

#644e65

#4b3b4c

#322733

#191419

Tints

Color #957796 mixed toward white.

#a78ea7

#b8a4b9

#cabbca

#dcd2dc

#ede8ed

Tones

Color #957796 mixed toward gray.

#937993

#907c91

#8e7f8e

#8b818c

#898489

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.36:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#89898f · ΔE 15.4

Deuteranopia

#8b8d8e · ΔE 17.9

Tritanopia

#948a88 · ΔE 15.8

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 17.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #957796;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#957796]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#957796 (#957796) is rgb(149, 119, 150) in RGB.

No, #957796 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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