#9d88a8

Color #9d88a8

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 16.91 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9d88a8

RGB

rgb(157, 136, 168)

HSL

hsl(279.4, 15.5%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.4, 19%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.5%, 19%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(59.53, 14.02, -13.96)

LCH

lch(59.53, 19.78, 315.12)

OKLCH

oklch(65.6%, 0.0524, 313.99)

HWB

hwb(279.4, 53.3%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#93a888

Analogous

#8d88a8

#9d88a8

#a888a3

Triadic

#9d88a8

#a89d88

#88a89d

Split-complementary

#9d88a8

#a3a888

#88a88d

Tetradic

#9d88a8

#a88893

#93a888

#88a89d

Square

#9d88a8

#a88d88

#93a888

#88a3a8

Shades

Color #9d88a8 mixed toward black.

#856b92

#6a5675

#504058

#352b3b

#1b151d

Tints

Color #9d88a8 mixed toward white.

#ad9cb6

#beb0c5

#cec4d3

#ded7e2

#efebf0

Tones

Color #9d88a8 mixed toward gray.

#9c8ba5

#9b8da3

#9a90a0

#9a939d

#99959b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.52:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494a1 · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#96979f · ΔE 13.4

Tritanopia

#9c9b9a · ΔE 16.8

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 16

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9d88a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9d88a8]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9d88a8 (#9d88a8) is rgb(157, 136, 168) in RGB.

No, #9d88a8 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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