#9a8398

Color #9a8398

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium magenta.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 15.26 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#9a8398

RGB

rgb(154, 131, 152)

HSL

hsl(305.2, 10.2%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(305.2, 14.9%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 1.3%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(57.43, 12.6, -7.96)

LCH

lch(57.43, 14.9, 327.72)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.041, 328.87)

HWB

hwb(305.2, 51.4%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#839a85

Analogous

#91839a

#9a8398

#9a838d

Triadic

#9a8398

#989a83

#83989a

Split-complementary

#9a8398

#8d9a83

#839a91

Tetradic

#9a8398

#9a8583

#839a85

#83989a

Square

#9a8398

#9a9183

#839a85

#838d9a

Shades

Color #9a8398 mixed toward black.

#836b81

#695567

#4f404d

#342b34

#1a151a

Tints

Color #9a8398 mixed toward white.

#ab98a9

#bcacba

#cdc1cc

#ddd6dd

#eeeaee

Tones

Color #9a8398 mixed toward gray.

#988596

#968795

#948993

#928b92

#908d90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#919093 · ΔE 12.6

Deuteranopia

#929492 · ΔE 17

Tritanopia

#998f8f · ΔE 11

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 14

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9a8398;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9a8398]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#9a8398 (#9a8398) is rgb(154, 131, 152) in RGB.

No, #9a8398 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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