#998fa2

Color #998fa2

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.09 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#998fa2

RGB

rgb(153, 143, 162)

HSL

hsl(271.6, 9.3%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(271.6, 11.7%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.6%, 11.7%, 0%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(60.8, 7.4, -8.67)

LCH

lch(60.8, 11.4, 310.48)

OKLCH

oklch(66.5%, 0.0299, 309.02)

HWB

hwb(271.6, 56.1%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#98a28f

Analogous

#8f8fa2

#998fa2

#a28fa2

Triadic

#998fa2

#a2998f

#8fa299

Split-complementary

#998fa2

#a2a28f

#8fa28f

Tetradic

#998fa2

#a28f98

#98a28f

#8fa299

Square

#998fa2

#a28f8f

#98a28f

#8fa2a2

Shades

Color #998fa2 mixed toward black.

#80738b

#665c6f

#4d4553

#332e38

#1a171c

Tints

Color #998fa2 mixed toward white.

#aaa2b2

#bbb4c1

#ccc7d1

#dddae0

#eeecf0

Tones

Color #998fa2 mixed toward gray.

#9991a0

#99929f

#99949d

#99959c

#99979a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#95959e · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#95969d · ΔE 8

Tritanopia

#999a99 · ΔE 11.8

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 10.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #998fa2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#998fa2]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#998fa2 (#998fa2) is rgb(153, 143, 162) in RGB.

No, #998fa2 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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