#9985a8

Color #9985a8

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 17.42 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9985a8

RGB

rgb(153, 133, 168)

HSL

hsl(274.3, 16.7%, 59%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.3, 20.8%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.9%, 20.8%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(58.39, 14.37, -15.72)

LCH

lch(58.39, 21.3, 312.43)

OKLCH

oklch(64.7%, 0.056, 310.51)

HWB

hwb(274.3, 52.2%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#94a885

Analogous

#8785a8

#9985a8

#a885a5

Triadic

#9985a8

#a89985

#85a899

Split-complementary

#9985a8

#a5a885

#85a887

Tetradic

#9985a8

#a88594

#94a885

#85a899

Square

#9985a8

#a88785

#94a885

#85a5a8

Shades

Color #9985a8 mixed toward black.

#806892

#675475

#4d3f58

#332a3b

#1a151d

Tints

Color #9985a8 mixed toward white.

#aa99b6

#bbaec5

#ccc2d3

#ddd6e2

#eeebf0

Tones

Color #9985a8 mixed toward gray.

#9988a5

#988ba2

#988e9f

#97919c

#979499

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.27:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9191a0 · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#92939f · ΔE 12.3

Tritanopia

#989a99 · ΔE 18.1

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 16.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9985a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9985a8]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9985a8 (#9985a8) is rgb(153, 133, 168) in RGB.

No, #9985a8 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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