#9984a6

Color #9984a6

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 17.36 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9984a6

RGB

rgb(153, 132, 166)

HSL

hsl(277.1, 16%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.1, 20.5%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.8%, 20.5%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(58.06, 14.52, -15.07)

LCH

lch(58.06, 20.93, 313.94)

OKLCH

oklch(64.4%, 0.0553, 312.43)

HWB

hwb(277.1, 51.8%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#91a684

Analogous

#8884a6

#9984a6

#a684a2

Triadic

#9984a6

#a69984

#84a699

Split-complementary

#9984a6

#a2a684

#84a688

Tetradic

#9984a6

#a68491

#91a684

#84a699

Square

#9984a6

#a68884

#91a684

#84a2a6

Shades

Color #9984a6 mixed toward black.

#816890

#675373

#4d3f56

#342a3a

#1a151d

Tints

Color #9984a6 mixed toward white.

#aa98b5

#bbadc4

#ccc1d2

#ddd6e1

#eeeaf0

Tones

Color #9984a6 mixed toward gray.

#9887a3

#988aa0

#978c9d

#968f9b

#969298

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.21:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#90909f · ΔE 10.9

Deuteranopia

#92939d · ΔE 13

Tritanopia

#989897 · ΔE 17.8

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 16.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9984a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9984a6]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9984a6 (#9984a6) is rgb(153, 132, 166) in RGB.

No, #9984a6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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