#96849c

Color #96849c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 13.75 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#96849c

RGB

rgb(150, 132, 156)

HSL

hsl(285, 10.8%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285, 15.4%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.8%, 15.4%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(57.45, 11.39, -10.28)

LCH

lch(57.45, 15.34, 317.93)

OKLCH

oklch(63.7%, 0.041, 317.67)

HWB

hwb(285, 51.8%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a9c84

Analogous

#8a849c

#96849c

#9c8496

Triadic

#96849c

#9c9684

#849c96

Split-complementary

#96849c

#969c84

#849c8a

Tetradic

#96849c

#9c848a

#8a9c84

#849c96

Square

#96849c

#9c8a84

#8a9c84

#84969c

Shades

Color #96849c mixed toward black.

#7f6b85

#65566a

#4c4050

#332b35

#19151b

Tints

Color #96849c mixed toward white.

#a899ad

#b9adbd

#cbc2ce

#dcd6de

#eeebef

Tones

Color #96849c mixed toward gray.

#95869a

#948898

#938a96

#928c94

#918e92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.08:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8e97 · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#909195 · ΔE 12.7

Tritanopia

#959291 · ΔE 13.6

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 13.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #96849c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#96849c]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#96849c (#96849c) is rgb(150, 132, 156) in RGB.

No, #96849c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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