#9a81ac

Color #9a81ac

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 21.71 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 13.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9a81ac

RGB

rgb(154, 129, 172)

HSL

hsl(274.9, 20.6%, 59%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.9, 25%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.5%, 25%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(57.61, 17.87, -19.19)

LCH

lch(57.61, 26.22, 312.96)

OKLCH

oklch(64.1%, 0.069, 310.83)

HWB

hwb(274.9, 50.6%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#93ac81

Analogous

#8481ac

#9a81ac

#ac81a8

Triadic

#9a81ac

#ac9a81

#81ac9a

Split-complementary

#9a81ac

#a8ac81

#81ac84

Tetradic

#9a81ac

#ac8193

#93ac81

#81ac9a

Square

#9a81ac

#ac8481

#93ac81

#81a8ac

Shades

Color #9a81ac mixed toward black.

#826497

#685079

#4e3c5b

#34283c

#1a141e

Tints

Color #9a81ac mixed toward white.

#ab96ba

#bcabc8

#ccc0d5

#ddd5e3

#eeeaf1

Tones

Color #9a81ac mixed toward gray.

#9985a8

#9988a5

#988ca1

#988f9e

#97939a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.11:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9090a3 · ΔE 11.6

Deuteranopia

#9193a1 · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#999b9a · ΔE 20.1

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 18.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9a81ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9a81ac]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9a81ac (#9a81ac) is rgb(154, 129, 172) in RGB.

No, #9a81ac 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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