#9874aa

Color #9874aa

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 21.01 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 13.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9874aa

RGB

rgb(152, 116, 170)

HSL

hsl(280, 24.1%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 31.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.6%, 31.8%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(54.1, 24.28, -23.43)

LCH

lch(54.1, 33.74, 316.02)

OKLCH

oklch(61.4%, 0.0892, 314.09)

HWB

hwb(280, 45.5%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#86aa74

Analogous

#7d74aa

#9874aa

#aa74a1

Triadic

#9874aa

#aa9874

#74aa98

Split-complementary

#9874aa

#a1aa74

#74aa7d

Tetradic

#9874aa

#aa7486

#86aa74

#74aa98

Square

#9874aa

#aa7d74

#86aa74

#74a1aa

Shades

Color #9874aa mixed toward black.

#815a94

#674876

#4d3659

#34243b

#1a121e

Tints

Color #9874aa mixed toward white.

#a98bb8

#baa2c6

#ccbad5

#ddd1e3

#eee8f1

Tones

Color #9874aa mixed toward gray.

#9779a6

#957da1

#94829d

#928698

#918b94

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a9f · ΔE 13.9

Deuteranopia

#8c8e9c · ΔE 16.7

Tritanopia

#969694 · ΔE 24.2

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 21.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9874aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9874aa]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9874aa (#9874aa) is rgb(152, 116, 170) in RGB.

No, #9874aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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