#9c95ae

Color #9c95ae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.15 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9c95ae

RGB

rgb(156, 149, 174)

HSL

hsl(256.8, 13.4%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.8, 14.4%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(63.03, 7.55, -12.11)

LCH

lch(63.03, 14.27, 301.94)

OKLCH

oklch(68.4%, 0.0371, 298.15)

HWB

hwb(256.8, 58.4%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7ae95

Analogous

#959aae

#9c95ae

#a895ae

Triadic

#9c95ae

#ae9c95

#95ae9c

Split-complementary

#9c95ae

#aea895

#9aae95

Tetradic

#9c95ae

#ae95a7

#a7ae95

#95ae9c

Square

#9c95ae

#ae959a

#a7ae95

#95aea8

Shades

Color #9c95ae mixed toward black.

#7f7697

#655d7a

#4c465c

#332f3d

#19171f

Tints

Color #9c95ae mixed toward white.

#aca7bb

#bdb8c9

#cdcad6

#dedce4

#eeedf1

Tones

Color #9c95ae mixed toward gray.

#9d97ac

#9e99aa

#9f9ba8

#a09da6

#a09fa4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999a8 · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#999aa7 · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#9ca4a3 · ΔE 15.3

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 12.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c95ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c95ae]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#9c95ae (#9c95ae) is rgb(156, 149, 174) in RGB.

No, #9c95ae 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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