#97849e

Color #97849e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 14.5 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#97849e

RGB

rgb(151, 132, 158)

HSL

hsl(283.8, 11.8%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.8, 16.5%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.4%, 16.5%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(57.61, 12.15, -11.18)

LCH

lch(57.61, 16.51, 317.38)

OKLCH

oklch(63.9%, 0.044, 317.03)

HWB

hwb(283.8, 51.8%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b9e84

Analogous

#8a849e

#97849e

#9e8498

Triadic

#97849e

#9e9784

#849e97

Split-complementary

#97849e

#989e84

#849e8a

Tetradic

#97849e

#9e848b

#8b9e84

#849e97

Square

#97849e

#9e8a84

#8b9e84

#84989e

Shades

Color #97849e mixed toward black.

#7f6b87

#66556c

#4c4051

#332b36

#19151b

Tints

Color #97849e mixed toward white.

#a899ae

#baadbe

#cbc2cf

#dcd6df

#eeebef

Tones

Color #97849e mixed toward gray.

#96869c

#95889a

#948b98

#938d95

#928f93

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.11:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8f98 · ΔE 10.9

Deuteranopia

#909297 · ΔE 13.5

Tritanopia

#969392 · ΔE 14.3

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 14.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #97849e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#97849e]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#97849e (#97849e) is rgb(151, 132, 158) in RGB.

No, #97849e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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