#9e6998

Color #9e6998

A muted medium magenta.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 22.79 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9e6998

RGB

rgb(158, 105, 152)

HSL

hsl(306.8, 21.5%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(306.8, 33.5%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 3.8%, 38%)

LAB

lab(51.43, 28.95, -16.97)

LCH

lch(51.43, 33.56, 329.62)

OKLCH

oklch(59.3%, 0.0936, 330.7)

HWB

hwb(306.8, 41.2%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#699e6f

Analogous

#8a699e

#9e6998

#9e697e

Triadic

#9e6998

#989e69

#69989e

Split-complementary

#9e6998

#7e9e69

#699e8a

Tetradic

#9e6998

#9e6f69

#699e6f

#69989e

Square

#9e6998

#9e8a69

#699e6f

#697e9e

Shades

Color #9e6998 mixed toward black.

#855680

#6b4566

#50344d

#352233

#1b111a

Tints

Color #9e6998 mixed toward white.

#ae82a9

#be9bba

#cfb4cc

#dfcddd

#efe6ee

Tones

Color #9e6998 mixed toward gray.

#9a6d95

#957291

#91768e

#8c7b8a

#887f87

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a8e · ΔE 21.3

Deuteranopia

#8d918c · ΔE 29.3

Tritanopia

#9c8684 · ΔE 18.6

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 22

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9e6998;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e6998]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#9e6998 (#9e6998) is rgb(158, 105, 152) in RGB.

No, #9e6998 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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