#9c92a0

Color #9c92a0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.5 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#9c92a0

RGB

rgb(156, 146, 160)

HSL

hsl(282.9, 6.9%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.9, 8.8%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.5%, 8.8%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(61.8, 6.36, -6.03)

LCH

lch(61.8, 8.76, 316.53)

OKLCH

oklch(67.3%, 0.0233, 316.39)

HWB

hwb(282.9, 57.3%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96a092

Analogous

#9592a0

#9c92a0

#a0929d

Triadic

#9c92a0

#a09c92

#92a09c

Split-complementary

#9c92a0

#9da092

#92a095

Tetradic

#9c92a0

#a09296

#96a092

#92a09c

Square

#9c92a0

#a09592

#96a092

#929da0

Shades

Color #9c92a0 mixed toward black.

#837788

#695f6d

#4f4752

#352f37

#1a181b

Tints

Color #9c92a0 mixed toward white.

#ada4b0

#bdb6c0

#cec8d0

#dedbdf

#efedef

Tones

Color #9c92a0 mixed toward gray.

#9c939f

#9b949e

#9b959d

#9a979b

#9a989a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#98989d · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#98999c · ΔE 8.2

Tritanopia

#9c9a9a · ΔE 8.5

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9c92a0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c92a0]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9c92a0 (#9c92a0) is rgb(156, 146, 160) in RGB.

No, #9c92a0 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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