#96819d

Color #96819d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 15.61 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#96819d

RGB

rgb(150, 129, 157)

HSL

hsl(285, 12.5%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285, 17.8%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.5%, 17.8%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(56.7, 13.32, -11.98)

LCH

lch(56.7, 17.91, 318.03)

OKLCH

oklch(63.2%, 0.0478, 317.63)

HWB

hwb(285, 50.6%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#889d81

Analogous

#88819d

#96819d

#9d8196

Triadic

#96819d

#9d9681

#819d96

Split-complementary

#96819d

#969d81

#819d88

Tetradic

#96819d

#9d8188

#889d81

#819d96

Square

#96819d

#9d8881

#889d81

#81969d

Shades

Color #96819d mixed toward black.

#7f6886

#65536b

#4c3f50

#332a36

#19151b

Tints

Color #96819d mixed toward white.

#a896ad

#b9abbe

#cbc0ce

#dcd5de

#eeeaef

Tones

Color #96819d mixed toward gray.

#95839b

#948698

#938896

#918a94

#908d91

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.92:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8d97 · ΔE 11.5

Deuteranopia

#8f9095 · ΔE 13.9

Tritanopia

#959291 · ΔE 15.2

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 15.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #96819d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#96819d]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#96819d (#96819d) is rgb(150, 129, 157) in RGB.

No, #96819d 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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