#968c9c

Color #968c9c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.56 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#968c9c

RGB

rgb(150, 140, 156)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 7.5%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 10.3%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.8%, 10.3%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(59.56, 6.82, -7.12)

LCH

lch(59.56, 9.86, 313.77)

OKLCH

oklch(65.4%, 0.026, 313.13)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 54.9%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#929c8c

Analogous

#8e8c9c

#968c9c

#9c8c9a

Triadic

#968c9c

#9c968c

#8c9c96

Split-complementary

#968c9c

#9a9c8c

#8c9c8e

Tetradic

#968c9c

#9c8c92

#929c8c

#8c9c96

Square

#968c9c

#9c8e8c

#929c8c

#8c9a9c

Shades

Color #968c9c mixed toward black.

#7e7284

#645b6a

#4b444f

#322e35

#19171a

Tints

Color #968c9c mixed toward white.

#a79fac

#b9b2bd

#cac5cd

#dcd9de

#edecee

Tones

Color #968c9c mixed toward gray.

#968d9b

#958f99

#959098

#959197

#949395

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.53:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#929298 · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#929397 · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#969595 · ΔE 9.6

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 9.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #968c9c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#968c9c]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#968c9c (#968c9c) is rgb(150, 140, 156) in RGB.

No, #968c9c 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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