#9d89aa

Color #9d89aa

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 16.96 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9d89aa

RGB

rgb(157, 137, 170)

HSL

hsl(276.4, 16.3%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.4, 19.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.6%, 19.4%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(59.85, 13.87, -14.61)

LCH

lch(59.85, 20.15, 313.51)

OKLCH

oklch(65.9%, 0.0532, 312.03)

HWB

hwb(276.4, 53.7%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96aa89

Analogous

#8c89aa

#9d89aa

#aa89a7

Triadic

#9d89aa

#aa9d89

#89aa9d

Split-complementary

#9d89aa

#a7aa89

#89aa8c

Tetradic

#9d89aa

#aa8996

#96aa89

#89aa9d

Square

#9d89aa

#aa8c89

#96aa89

#89a7aa

Shades

Color #9d89aa mixed toward black.

#846b95

#6a5677

#4f4059

#352b3c

#1a151e

Tints

Color #9d89aa mixed toward white.

#ad9db8

#beb0c6

#cec4d5

#ded8e3

#efebf1

Tones

Color #9d89aa mixed toward gray.

#9c8ca7

#9c8ea5

#9b91a2

#9b949f

#9a979c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9595a3 · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#9697a1 · ΔE 12.6

Tritanopia

#9c9d9b · ΔE 18.7

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 16.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9d89aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9d89aa]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9d89aa (#9d89aa) is rgb(157, 137, 170) in RGB.

No, #9d89aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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