#9687a1

Color #9687a1

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 13.2 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9687a1

RGB

rgb(150, 135, 161)

HSL

hsl(274.6, 12.1%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.6, 16.1%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.8%, 16.1%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(58.4, 10.7, -11.72)

LCH

lch(58.4, 15.87, 312.4)

OKLCH

oklch(64.6%, 0.0418, 310.93)

HWB

hwb(274.6, 52.9%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#92a187

Analogous

#8987a1

#9687a1

#a1879f

Triadic

#9687a1

#a19687

#87a196

Split-complementary

#9687a1

#9fa187

#87a189

Tetradic

#9687a1

#a18792

#92a187

#87a196

Square

#9687a1

#a18987

#92a187

#879fa1

Shades

Color #9687a1 mixed toward black.

#7e6c8a

#64576f

#4b4153

#322b37

#19161c

Tints

Color #9687a1 mixed toward white.

#a79bb1

#b9afc0

#cac3d0

#dcd7e0

#edebef

Tones

Color #9687a1 mixed toward gray.

#96899f

#958b9d

#958d9a

#959098

#949296

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#90909b · ΔE 9.2

Deuteranopia

#91929a · ΔE 10.8

Tritanopia

#959695 · ΔE 14.9

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 13.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9687a1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9687a1]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9687a1 (#9687a1) is rgb(150, 135, 161) in RGB.

No, #9687a1 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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