#958ba6

Color #958ba6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.06 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#958ba6

RGB

rgb(149, 139, 166)

HSL

hsl(262.2, 13.2%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.2, 16.3%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.2%, 16.3%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(59.53, 9.12, -12.89)

LCH

lch(59.53, 15.79, 305.28)

OKLCH

oklch(65.5%, 0.0411, 302.18)

HWB

hwb(262.2, 54.5%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ca68b

Analogous

#8b8ea6

#958ba6

#a38ba6

Triadic

#958ba6

#a6958b

#8ba695

Split-complementary

#958ba6

#a6a38b

#8ea68b

Tetradic

#958ba6

#a68b9c

#9ca68b

#8ba695

Square

#958ba6

#a68b8e

#9ca68b

#8ba6a3

Shades

Color #958ba6 mixed toward black.

#7b6e90

#625873

#4a4256

#312c3a

#19161d

Tints

Color #958ba6 mixed toward white.

#a79eb5

#b8b2c4

#cac5d3

#dcd8e1

#edecf0

Tones

Color #958ba6 mixed toward gray.

#968da4

#968fa2

#97929f

#97949d

#98969b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.52:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9191a0 · ΔE 6.7

Deuteranopia

#91929f · ΔE 7.8

Tritanopia

#959b9a · ΔE 16

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 13.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #958ba6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#958ba6]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#958ba6 (#958ba6) is rgb(149, 139, 166) in RGB.

No, #958ba6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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