#9978a1

Color #9978a1

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 22.69 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 11.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9978a1

RGB

rgb(153, 120, 161)

HSL

hsl(288.3, 17.9%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.3, 25.5%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(5%, 25.5%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(54.84, 20.4, -17.07)

LCH

lch(54.84, 26.6, 320.08)

OKLCH

oklch(61.9%, 0.0714, 319.66)

HWB

hwb(288.3, 47.1%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#80a178

Analogous

#8578a1

#9978a1

#a17894

Triadic

#9978a1

#a19978

#78a199

Split-complementary

#9978a1

#94a178

#78a185

Tetradic

#9978a1

#a17880

#80a178

#78a199

Square

#9978a1

#a18578

#80a178

#7894a1

Shades

Color #9978a1 mixed toward black.

#82608a

#684d6e

#4e3a53

#342637

#1a131c

Tints

Color #9978a1 mixed toward white.

#aa8fb1

#bba5c0

#ccbcd0

#ddd2e0

#eee9ef

Tones

Color #9978a1 mixed toward gray.

#977b9e

#957f9a

#938297

#918693

#8f8990

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.56:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.56:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8c98 · ΔE 15.2

Deuteranopia

#8e9096 · ΔE 18.1

Tritanopia

#98918f · ΔE 19.1

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9978a1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9978a1]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#9978a1 (#9978a1) is rgb(153, 120, 161) in RGB.

No, #9978a1 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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