#9d96ae

Color #9d96ae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.14 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9d96ae

RGB

rgb(157, 150, 174)

HSL

hsl(257.5, 12.9%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257.5, 13.8%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.8%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(63.37, 7.33, -11.58)

LCH

lch(63.37, 13.7, 302.33)

OKLCH

oklch(68.7%, 0.0356, 298.87)

HWB

hwb(257.5, 58.8%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7ae96

Analogous

#969bae

#9d96ae

#a996ae

Triadic

#9d96ae

#ae9d96

#96ae9d

Split-complementary

#9d96ae

#aea996

#9bae96

Tetradic

#9d96ae

#ae96a7

#a7ae96

#96ae9d

Square

#9d96ae

#ae969b

#a7ae96

#96aea9

Shades

Color #9d96ae mixed toward black.

#807796

#665e7a

#4d475b

#332f3d

#1a181e

Tints

Color #9d96ae mixed toward white.

#ada7bb

#beb9c9

#cecad6

#dedce4

#efedf1

Tones

Color #9d96ae mixed toward gray.

#9e98ac

#9f9aaa

#9f9ca8

#a09ea6

#a1a0a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9aa9 · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#9a9ba7 · ΔE 6.5

Tritanopia

#9da4a3 · ΔE 14.7

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 11.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9d96ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9d96ae]

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

#9d96ae (#9d96ae) is rgb(157, 150, 174) in RGB.

No, #9d96ae 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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