#9e6997

Color #9e6997

A muted medium magenta.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 22.98 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9e6997

RGB

rgb(158, 105, 151)

HSL

hsl(307.9, 21.5%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(307.9, 33.5%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 4.4%, 38%)

LAB

lab(51.39, 28.76, -16.44)

LCH

lch(51.39, 33.13, 330.25)

OKLCH

oklch(59.2%, 0.0926, 331.41)

HWB

hwb(307.9, 41.2%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#699e70

Analogous

#8b699e

#9e6997

#9e697d

Triadic

#9e6997

#979e69

#69979e

Split-complementary

#9e6997

#7d9e69

#699e8b

Tetradic

#9e6997

#9e7069

#699e70

#69979e

Square

#9e6997

#9e8b69

#699e70

#697d9e

Shades

Color #9e6997 mixed toward black.

#85567f

#6b4566

#50344c

#352233

#1b1119

Tints

Color #9e6997 mixed toward white.

#ae82a8

#be9bba

#cfb4cb

#dfcddc

#efe6ee

Tones

Color #9e6997 mixed toward gray.

#9a6d94

#957291

#91768d

#8c7b8a

#887f87

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.92:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a8e · ΔE 21.3

Deuteranopia

#8d918b · ΔE 29.9

Tritanopia

#9c8684 · ΔE 18.5

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9e6997;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e6997]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#9e6997 (#9e6997) is rgb(158, 105, 151) in RGB.

No, #9e6997 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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