#9a6996

Color #9a6996

A muted medium magenta.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 23.72 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 11.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9a6996

RGB

rgb(154, 105, 150)

HSL

hsl(304.9, 19.5%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(304.9, 31.8%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 2.6%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(50.89, 27.18, -16.65)

LCH

lch(50.89, 31.87, 328.51)

OKLCH

oklch(58.7%, 0.0884, 329.49)

HWB

hwb(304.9, 41.2%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#699a6d

Analogous

#86699a

#9a6996

#9a697e

Triadic

#9a6996

#969a69

#69969a

Split-complementary

#9a6996

#7e9a69

#699a86

Tetradic

#9a6996

#9a6d69

#699a6d

#69969a

Square

#9a6996

#9a8669

#699a6d

#697e9a

Shades

Color #9a6996 mixed toward black.

#81577e

#674664

#4d344b

#342332

#1a1119

Tints

Color #9a6996 mixed toward white.

#ab82a8

#bc9bb9

#cdb4cb

#ddcddc

#eee6ee

Tones

Color #9a6996 mixed toward gray.

#966d93

#92718f

#8e758c

#8a7988

#867d85

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#88878d · ΔE 19.7

Deuteranopia

#8a8e8a · ΔE 28.2

Tritanopia

#988583 · ΔE 18.6

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 21.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9a6996;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9a6996]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#9a6996 (#9a6996) is rgb(154, 105, 150) in RGB.

No, #9a6996 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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