#9c8497

Color #9c8497

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium magenta.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 14.88 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9c8497

RGB

rgb(156, 132, 151)

HSL

hsl(312.5, 10.8%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(312.5, 15.4%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 3.2%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(57.85, 12.56, -6.74)

LCH

lch(57.85, 14.25, 331.78)

OKLCH

oklch(64.1%, 0.0397, 333.18)

HWB

hwb(312.5, 51.8%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#849c89

Analogous

#95849c

#9c8497

#9c848b

Triadic

#9c8497

#979c84

#84979c

Split-complementary

#9c8497

#8b9c84

#849c95

Tetradic

#9c8497

#9c8984

#849c89

#84979c

Square

#9c8497

#9c9584

#849c89

#848b9c

Shades

Color #9c8497 mixed toward black.

#856b80

#6a5666

#50404d

#352b33

#1b151a

Tints

Color #9c8497 mixed toward white.

#ad99a8

#bdadba

#cec2cb

#ded6dc

#efebee

Tones

Color #9c8497 mixed toward gray.

#9a8696

#988895

#968a94

#948c92

#928e91

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#929293 · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#949592 · ΔE 16.7

Tritanopia

#9b8f8e · ΔE 10.4

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 13.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c8497;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c8497]

Related colors

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Frequently asked questions

#9c8497 (#9c8497) is rgb(156, 132, 151) in RGB.

No, #9c8497 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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