#98959b

Color #98959b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.97 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#98959b

RGB

rgb(152, 149, 155)

HSL

hsl(270, 2.9%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 3.9%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.9%, 3.9%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(62.11, 2.26, -2.76)

LCH

lch(62.11, 3.57, 309.31)

OKLCH

oklch(67.4%, 0.0093, 308.47)

HWB

hwb(270, 58.4%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#989b95

Analogous

#95959b

#98959b

#9b959b

Triadic

#98959b

#9b9895

#959b98

Split-complementary

#98959b

#9b9b95

#959b95

Tetradic

#98959b

#9b9598

#989b95

#959b98

Square

#98959b

#9b9595

#989b95

#959b9b

Shades

Color #98959b mixed toward black.

#7f7b82

#656268

#4c4a4e

#333134

#19191a

Tints

Color #98959b mixed toward white.

#a9a7ac

#bab8bc

#cbcacd

#dddcde

#eeedee

Tones

Color #98959b mixed toward gray.

#98959a

#98969a

#989699

#989799

#989798

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#97979a · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#979799 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#989898 · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #98959b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#98959b]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#98959b (#98959b) is rgb(152, 149, 155) in RGB.

No, #98959b 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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