#9873ac

Color #9873ac

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 20.93 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 13.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9873ac

RGB

rgb(152, 115, 172)

HSL

hsl(278.9, 25.6%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.9, 33.1%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.6%, 33.1%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(53.94, 25.29, -24.84)

LCH

lch(53.94, 35.45, 315.51)

OKLCH

oklch(61.3%, 0.0936, 313.31)

HWB

hwb(278.9, 45.1%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#87ac73

Analogous

#7c73ac

#9873ac

#ac73a4

Triadic

#9873ac

#ac9873

#73ac98

Split-complementary

#9873ac

#a4ac73

#73ac7c

Tetradic

#9873ac

#ac7387

#87ac73

#73ac98

Square

#9873ac

#ac7c73

#87ac73

#73a4ac

Shades

Color #9873ac mixed toward black.

#815996

#674778

#4d355a

#33243c

#1a121e

Tints

Color #9873ac mixed toward white.

#a98aba

#baa2c8

#ccb9d6

#ddd0e3

#eee8f1

Tones

Color #9873ac mixed toward gray.

#9778a7

#957da3

#94819e

#928699

#918b94

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a89a1 · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#8c8e9e · ΔE 16.4

Tritanopia

#969794 · ΔE 26

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 21.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9873ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9873ac]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9873ac (#9873ac) is rgb(152, 115, 172) in RGB.

No, #9873ac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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