#957da3

Color #957da3

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 19.65 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 11.5

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Conversions

HEX

#957da3

RGB

rgb(149, 125, 163)

HSL

hsl(277.9, 17.1%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.9, 23.3%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.6%, 23.3%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(55.79, 16.55, -16.83)

LCH

lch(55.79, 23.6, 314.52)

OKLCH

oklch(62.5%, 0.0624, 312.92)

HWB

hwb(277.9, 49%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ba37d

Analogous

#827da3

#957da3

#a37d9e

Triadic

#957da3

#a3957d

#7da395

Split-complementary

#957da3

#9ea37d

#7da382

Tetradic

#957da3

#a37d8b

#8ba37d

#7da395

Square

#957da3

#a3827d

#8ba37d

#7d9ea3

Shades

Color #957da3 mixed toward black.

#7d648d

#645070

#4b3c54

#322838

#19141c

Tints

Color #957da3 mixed toward white.

#a793b2

#b8a8c2

#cabed1

#dcd4e0

#ede9f0

Tones

Color #957da3 mixed toward gray.

#9480a0

#93839d

#93879a

#928a96

#918d93

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b9b · ΔE 11.8

Deuteranopia

#8d8e99 · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#949493 · ΔE 19.2

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 17.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #957da3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#957da3]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#957da3 (#957da3) is rgb(149, 125, 163) in RGB.

No, #957da3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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