#9e85a9

Color #9e85a9

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 19.29 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 12

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Conversions

HEX

#9e85a9

RGB

rgb(158, 133, 169)

HSL

hsl(281.7, 17.3%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.7, 21.3%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.5%, 21.3%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(58.89, 16.3, -15.49)

LCH

lch(58.89, 22.49, 316.46)

OKLCH

oklch(65.2%, 0.0598, 315.47)

HWB

hwb(281.7, 52.2%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#90a985

Analogous

#8c85a9

#9e85a9

#a985a2

Triadic

#9e85a9

#a99e85

#85a99e

Split-complementary

#9e85a9

#a2a985

#85a98c

Tetradic

#9e85a9

#a98590

#90a985

#85a99e

Square

#9e85a9

#a98c85

#90a985

#85a2a9

Shades

Color #9e85a9 mixed toward black.

#866894

#6b5376

#513e59

#362a3b

#1b151e

Tints

Color #9e85a9 mixed toward white.

#ae99b7

#beaec6

#cec2d4

#dfd6e2

#efebf1

Tones

Color #9e85a9 mixed toward gray.

#9d88a6

#9c8ba3

#9a8ea0

#99919d

#98949a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494a1 · ΔE 12.7

Deuteranopia

#95979f · ΔE 15.3

Tritanopia

#9d9b99 · ΔE 18.6

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 17.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9e85a9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e85a9]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9e85a9 (#9e85a9) is rgb(158, 133, 169) in RGB.

No, #9e85a9 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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