#957b95

Color #957b95

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium magenta.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 17.07 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#957b95

RGB

rgb(149, 123, 149)

HSL

hsl(300, 10.9%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(300, 17.4%, 58.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 0%, 41.6%)

LAB

lab(54.79, 14.81, -10.23)

LCH

lch(54.79, 18, 325.37)

OKLCH

oklch(61.6%, 0.0491, 326.12)

HWB

hwb(300, 48.2%, 41.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7b957b

Analogous

#887b95

#957b95

#957b88

Triadic

#957b95

#95957b

#7b9595

Split-complementary

#957b95

#88957b

#7b9588

Tetradic

#957b95

#957b7b

#7b957b

#7b9595

Square

#957b95

#95887b

#7b957b

#7b8895

Shades

Color #957b95 mixed toward black.

#7e657e

#645164

#4b3d4b

#322832

#191419

Tints

Color #957b95 mixed toward white.

#a791a7

#b8a7b8

#cabdca

#dcd3dc

#ede9ed

Tones

Color #957b95 mixed toward gray.

#937d93

#917f91

#8e818e

#8c848c

#8a868a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.55:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8a8f · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#8c8e8e · ΔE 16.8

Tritanopia

#948b89 · ΔE 14.2

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 15.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #957b95;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#957b95]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#957b95 (#957b95) is rgb(149, 123, 149) in RGB.

No, #957b95 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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