#958b9a

Color #958b9a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.46 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#958b9a

RGB

rgb(149, 139, 154)

HSL

hsl(280, 6.9%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 9.7%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.2%, 9.7%, 0%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(59.15, 6.62, -6.61)

LCH

lch(59.15, 9.36, 315.04)

OKLCH

oklch(65%, 0.0247, 314.67)

HWB

hwb(280, 54.5%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#909a8b

Analogous

#8e8b9a

#958b9a

#9a8b98

Triadic

#958b9a

#9a958b

#8b9a95

Split-complementary

#958b9a

#989a8b

#8b9a8e

Tetradic

#958b9a

#9a8b90

#909a8b

#8b9a95

Square

#958b9a

#9a8e8b

#909a8b

#8b989a

Shades

Color #958b9a mixed toward black.

#7d7283

#645b68

#4b444e

#322e34

#19171a

Tints

Color #958b9a mixed toward white.

#a79eab

#b8b2bc

#cac5cd

#dcd8dd

#edecee

Tones

Color #958b9a mixed toward gray.

#958c99

#948e98

#948f96

#939095

#939194

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#919197 · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#919296 · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#959493 · ΔE 9.9

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 9.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #958b9a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#958b9a]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#958b9a (#958b9a) is rgb(149, 139, 154) in RGB.

No, #958b9a 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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