#9d87a8

Color #9d87a8

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 17.48 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9d87a8

RGB

rgb(157, 135, 168)

HSL

hsl(280, 15.9%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 19.6%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.5%, 19.6%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(59.27, 14.6, -14.35)

LCH

lch(59.27, 20.47, 315.49)

OKLCH

oklch(65.5%, 0.0542, 314.48)

HWB

hwb(280, 52.9%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#92a887

Analogous

#8c87a8

#9d87a8

#a887a2

Triadic

#9d87a8

#a89d87

#87a89d

Split-complementary

#9d87a8

#a2a887

#87a88c

Tetradic

#9d87a8

#a88792

#92a887

#87a89d

Square

#9d87a8

#a88c87

#92a887

#87a2a8

Shades

Color #9d87a8 mixed toward black.

#856a92

#6a5575

#504058

#352a3b

#1b151d

Tints

Color #9d87a8 mixed toward white.

#ad9bb6

#beafc5

#cec3d3

#ded7e2

#efebf0

Tones

Color #9d87a8 mixed toward gray.

#9c8aa5

#9b8ca2

#9a8fa0

#99929d

#98959a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.46:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494a1 · ΔE 11.6

Deuteranopia

#95979f · ΔE 14.2

Tritanopia

#9c9b99 · ΔE 18

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 16.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9d87a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9d87a8]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9d87a8 (#9d87a8) is rgb(157, 135, 168) in RGB.

No, #9d87a8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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