#9878a3

Color #9878a3

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 22.43 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 11.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9878a3

RGB

rgb(152, 120, 163)

HSL

hsl(284.7, 18.9%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284.7, 26.4%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.7%, 26.4%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(54.82, 20.47, -18.28)

LCH

lch(54.82, 27.44, 318.23)

OKLCH

oklch(61.9%, 0.0732, 317.38)

HWB

hwb(284.7, 47.1%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#83a378

Analogous

#8378a3

#9878a3

#a37898

Triadic

#9878a3

#a39878

#78a398

Split-complementary

#9878a3

#98a378

#78a383

Tetradic

#9878a3

#a37883

#83a378

#78a398

Square

#9878a3

#a38378

#83a378

#7898a3

Shades

Color #9878a3 mixed toward black.

#81608c

#674d70

#4d3954

#342638

#1a131c

Tints

Color #9878a3 mixed toward white.

#a98fb2

#baa5c2

#ccbcd1

#ddd2e0

#eee9f0

Tones

Color #9878a3 mixed toward gray.

#967c9f

#957f9c

#938398

#918695

#8f8a91

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.55:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b9a · ΔE 14.3

Deuteranopia

#8d8f98 · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#979291 · ΔE 19.4

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 19.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9878a3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9878a3]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9878a3 (#9878a3) is rgb(152, 120, 163) in RGB.

No, #9878a3 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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