#9b8196

Color #9b8196

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium magenta.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 15.96 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9b8196

RGB

rgb(155, 129, 150)

HSL

hsl(311.5, 11.5%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(311.5, 16.8%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 3.2%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(56.95, 13.72, -7.52)

LCH

lch(56.95, 15.65, 331.27)

OKLCH

oklch(63.4%, 0.0436, 332.67)

HWB

hwb(311.5, 50.6%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#819b86

Analogous

#93819b

#9b8196

#9b8189

Triadic

#9b8196

#969b81

#81969b

Split-complementary

#9b8196

#899b81

#819b93

Tetradic

#9b8196

#9b8681

#819b86

#81969b

Square

#9b8196

#9b9381

#819b86

#81899b

Shades

Color #9b8196 mixed toward black.

#84697f

#6a5465

#4f3f4c

#352a33

#1a1519

Tints

Color #9b8196 mixed toward white.

#ac96a8

#bcabb9

#cdc0cb

#ded5dc

#eeeaee

Tones

Color #9b8196 mixed toward gray.

#998395

#978593

#958892

#928a91

#908c8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#909091 · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#929490 · ΔE 18.9

Tritanopia

#9a8d8d · ΔE 10.6

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 14.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b8196;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b8196]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Frequently asked questions

#9b8196 (#9b8196) is rgb(155, 129, 150) in RGB.

No, #9b8196 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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