#9a8ba5

Color #9a8ba5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 13.51 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9a8ba5

RGB

rgb(154, 139, 165)

HSL

hsl(274.6, 12.6%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.6, 15.8%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.7%, 15.8%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(59.94, 10.64, -11.67)

LCH

lch(59.94, 15.79, 312.36)

OKLCH

oklch(65.9%, 0.0416, 311)

HWB

hwb(274.6, 54.5%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96a58b

Analogous

#8d8ba5

#9a8ba5

#a58ba3

Triadic

#9a8ba5

#a59a8b

#8ba59a

Split-complementary

#9a8ba5

#a3a58b

#8ba58d

Tetradic

#9a8ba5

#a58b96

#96a58b

#8ba59a

Square

#9a8ba5

#a58d8b

#96a58b

#8ba3a5

Shades

Color #9a8ba5 mixed toward black.

#816f8f

#675972

#4d4256

#342c39

#1a161d

Tints

Color #9a8ba5 mixed toward white.

#ab9eb4

#bcb2c3

#ccc5d2

#ddd8e1

#eeecf0

Tones

Color #9a8ba5 mixed toward gray.

#9a8da3

#998fa1

#99919e

#99949c

#98969a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#94949f · ΔE 9.2

Deuteranopia

#95969e · ΔE 10.8

Tritanopia

#999a99 · ΔE 14.8

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 13.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9a8ba5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9a8ba5]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9a8ba5 (#9a8ba5) is rgb(154, 139, 165) in RGB.

No, #9a8ba5 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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