#9b89a6

Color #9b89a6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 15.13 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9b89a6

RGB

rgb(155, 137, 166)

HSL

hsl(277.2, 14%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.2, 17.5%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.6%, 17.5%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(59.54, 12.34, -12.83)

LCH

lch(59.54, 17.8, 313.88)

OKLCH

oklch(65.6%, 0.0471, 312.67)

HWB

hwb(277.2, 53.7%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#94a689

Analogous

#8c89a6

#9b89a6

#a689a2

Triadic

#9b89a6

#a69b89

#89a69b

Split-complementary

#9b89a6

#a2a689

#89a68c

Tetradic

#9b89a6

#a68994

#94a689

#89a69b

Square

#9b89a6

#a68c89

#94a689

#89a2a6

Shades

Color #9b89a6 mixed toward black.

#826d90

#685773

#4e4156

#342b3a

#1a161d

Tints

Color #9b89a6 mixed toward white.

#ac9db5

#bcb0c4

#cdc4d2

#ded8e1

#eeebf0

Tones

Color #9b89a6 mixed toward gray.

#9a8ba4

#9a8ea1

#99909f

#99939c

#98959a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.52:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9493a0 · ΔE 9.5

Deuteranopia

#95969e · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#9a9a99 · ΔE 16.1

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 14.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b89a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b89a6]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9b89a6 (#9b89a6) is rgb(155, 137, 166) in RGB.

No, #9b89a6 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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