#9e899a

Color #9e899a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium magenta.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 13.88 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9e899a

RGB

rgb(158, 137, 154)

HSL

hsl(311.4, 9.8%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(311.4, 13.3%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 2.5%, 38%)

LAB

lab(59.43, 11.01, -6.1)

LCH

lch(59.43, 12.59, 331.01)

OKLCH

oklch(65.4%, 0.035, 332.41)

HWB

hwb(311.4, 53.7%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#899e8d

Analogous

#97899e

#9e899a

#9e898f

Triadic

#9e899a

#9a9e89

#899a9e

Split-complementary

#9e899a

#8f9e89

#899e97

Tetradic

#9e899a

#9e8d89

#899e8d

#899a9e

Square

#9e899a

#9e9789

#899e8d

#898f9e

Shades

Color #9e899a mixed toward black.

#876f82

#6c5968

#51424e

#362c34

#1b161a

Tints

Color #9e899a mixed toward white.

#ae9dab

#beb0bc

#cec4cc

#dfd8dd

#efebee

Tones

Color #9e899a mixed toward gray.

#9c8b99

#9a8c98

#998e97

#979096

#959294

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#959596 · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#979895 · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#9d9392 · ΔE 9.8

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 12.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9e899a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e899a]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Frequently asked questions

#9e899a (#9e899a) is rgb(158, 137, 154) in RGB.

No, #9e899a 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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