#957eb3

Color #957eb3

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 21.37 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 13.4

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Conversions

HEX

#957eb3

RGB

rgb(149, 126, 179)

HSL

hsl(266, 25.9%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(266, 29.6%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.8%, 29.6%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(56.65, 19.51, -24.71)

LCH

lch(56.65, 31.48, 308.29)

OKLCH

oklch(63.4%, 0.0819, 304)

HWB

hwb(266, 49.4%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9cb37e

Analogous

#7e81b3

#957eb3

#b07eb3

Triadic

#957eb3

#b3957e

#7eb395

Split-complementary

#957eb3

#b3b07e

#81b37e

Tetradic

#957eb3

#b37e9c

#9cb37e

#7eb395

Square

#957eb3

#b37e81

#9cb37e

#7eb3b0

Shades

Color #957eb3 mixed toward black.

#7b5ea0

#624b80

#4a3860

#312640

#191320

Tints

Color #957eb3 mixed toward white.

#a793c0

#b8a9cc

#cabed9

#dcd4e6

#ede9f2

Tones

Color #957eb3 mixed toward gray.

#9682af

#9687aa

#978ba6

#9790a1

#98949d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8ba8 · ΔE 8.9

Deuteranopia

#8d8fa5 · ΔE 11.8

Tritanopia

#949f9d · ΔE 23.1

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 20.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #957eb3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#957eb3]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#957eb3 (#957eb3) is rgb(149, 126, 179) in RGB.

No, #957eb3 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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