#9b7ea9

Color #9b7ea9

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 21.44 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 13.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9b7ea9

RGB

rgb(155, 126, 169)

HSL

hsl(280.5, 20%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.5, 25.4%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.3%, 25.4%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(56.84, 19.29, -18.64)

LCH

lch(56.84, 26.82, 315.98)

OKLCH

oklch(63.5%, 0.0711, 314.6)

HWB

hwb(280.5, 49.4%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ca97e

Analogous

#857ea9

#9b7ea9

#a97ea1

Triadic

#9b7ea9

#a99b7e

#7ea99b

Split-complementary

#9b7ea9

#a1a97e

#7ea985

Tetradic

#9b7ea9

#a97e8c

#8ca97e

#7ea99b

Square

#9b7ea9

#a9857e

#8ca97e

#7ea1a9

Shades

Color #9b7ea9 mixed toward black.

#836293

#694f76

#4f3b58

#35273b

#1a141d

Tints

Color #9b7ea9 mixed toward white.

#ac93b7

#bca9c6

#cdbed4

#ded4e2

#eee9f1

Tones

Color #9b7ea9 mixed toward gray.

#9a81a5

#9885a2

#97899e

#968c9b

#959097

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fa0 · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#91939e · ΔE 15.8

Tritanopia

#9a9897 · ΔE 19.9

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b7ea9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b7ea9]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9b7ea9 (#9b7ea9) is rgb(155, 126, 169) in RGB.

No, #9b7ea9 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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