#968ea4

Color #968ea4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.57 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#968ea4

RGB

rgb(150, 142, 164)

HSL

hsl(261.8, 10.8%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.8, 13.4%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.5%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(60.35, 7.33, -10.52)

LCH

lch(60.35, 12.82, 304.87)

OKLCH

oklch(66.1%, 0.0334, 302.02)

HWB

hwb(261.8, 55.7%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ca48e

Analogous

#8e91a4

#968ea4

#a18ea4

Triadic

#968ea4

#a4968e

#8ea496

Split-complementary

#968ea4

#a4a18e

#91a48e

Tetradic

#968ea4

#a48e9c

#9ca48e

#8ea496

Square

#968ea4

#a48e91

#9ca48e

#8ea4a1

Shades

Color #968ea4 mixed toward black.

#7c728d

#635b71

#4a4455

#312d39

#19171c

Tints

Color #968ea4 mixed toward white.

#a7a1b3

#b9b4c2

#cac6d2

#dcd9e1

#edecf0

Tones

Color #968ea4 mixed toward gray.

#9690a2

#9792a0

#97939f

#98959d

#98979b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#93939f · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#93949e · ΔE 7.1

Tritanopia

#969b9a · ΔE 13.8

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 11.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #968ea4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#968ea4]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#968ea4 (#968ea4) is rgb(150, 142, 164) in RGB.

No, #968ea4 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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