#988a9c

Color #988a9c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.92 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#988a9c

RGB

rgb(152, 138, 156)

HSL

hsl(286.7, 8.3%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.7, 11.5%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.6%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(59.21, 8.67, -7.63)

LCH

lch(59.21, 11.55, 318.65)

OKLCH

oklch(65.2%, 0.0309, 318.67)

HWB

hwb(286.7, 54.1%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e9c8a

Analogous

#8f8a9c

#988a9c

#9c8a97

Triadic

#988a9c

#9c988a

#8a9c98

Split-complementary

#988a9c

#979c8a

#8a9c8f

Tetradic

#988a9c

#9c8a8e

#8e9c8a

#8a9c98

Square

#988a9c

#9c8f8a

#8e9c8a

#8a979c

Shades

Color #988a9c mixed toward black.

#807085

#665a6a

#4d4350

#332d35

#1a161b

Tints

Color #988a9c mixed toward white.

#a99dac

#bab1bd

#cbc4cd

#ddd8de

#eeebee

Tones

Color #988a9c mixed toward gray.

#978b9a

#968d99

#958e97

#959096

#949194

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.45:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#929298 · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#939497 · ΔE 10.6

Tritanopia

#979594 · ΔE 11.3

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 11.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #988a9c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#988a9c]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#988a9c (#988a9c) is rgb(152, 138, 156) in RGB.

No, #988a9c 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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