#959399

Color #959399

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 8.43 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#959399

RGB

rgb(149, 147, 153)

HSL

hsl(260, 2.9%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 3.9%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.6%, 3.9%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(61.27, 1.9, -2.9)

LCH

lch(61.27, 3.47, 303.23)

OKLCH

oklch(66.7%, 0.009, 301.4)

HWB

hwb(260, 57.6%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#979993

Analogous

#939499

#959399

#989399

Triadic

#959399

#999593

#939995

Split-complementary

#959399

#999893

#949993

Tetradic

#959399

#999397

#979993

#939995

Square

#959399

#999394

#979993

#939998

Shades

Color #959399 mixed toward black.

#7c7981

#636167

#4a494d

#313133

#19181a

Tints

Color #959399 mixed toward white.

#a7a5aa

#b8b7bb

#cac9cc

#dcdbdd

#ededee

Tones

Color #959399 mixed toward gray.

#959398

#959498

#959497

#969597

#969596

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#949498 · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#949497 · ΔE 2.1

Tritanopia

#959696 · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 3.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #959399;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#959399]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

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Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#959399 (#959399) is rgb(149, 147, 153) in RGB.

No, #959399 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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