#9c90a1

Color #9c90a1

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.91 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#9c90a1

RGB

rgb(156, 144, 161)

HSL

hsl(282.4, 8.3%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.4, 10.6%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.1%, 10.6%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(61.3, 7.69, -7.34)

LCH

lch(61.3, 10.63, 316.33)

OKLCH

oklch(66.9%, 0.0283, 316.15)

HWB

hwb(282.4, 56.5%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95a190

Analogous

#9390a1

#9c90a1

#a1909d

Triadic

#9c90a1

#a19c90

#90a19c

Split-complementary

#9c90a1

#9da190

#90a193

Tetradic

#9c90a1

#a19095

#95a190

#90a19c

Square

#9c90a1

#a19390

#95a190

#909da1

Shades

Color #9c90a1 mixed toward black.

#83758a

#695d6e

#4f4653

#352f37

#1a171c

Tints

Color #9c90a1 mixed toward white.

#ada2b1

#bdb5c0

#cec7d0

#dedae0

#efecef

Tones

Color #9c90a1 mixed toward gray.

#9b91a0

#9b939e

#9a949d

#9a969b

#99979a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.92:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#97979d · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#98999c · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#9b9a99 · ΔE 10.9

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 10.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9c90a1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c90a1]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9c90a1 (#9c90a1) is rgb(156, 144, 161) in RGB.

No, #9c90a1 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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