#9e89ac

Color #9e89ac

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 17.91 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9e89ac

RGB

rgb(158, 137, 172)

HSL

hsl(276, 17.4%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276, 20.3%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.1%, 20.3%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(60.01, 14.63, -15.5)

LCH

lch(60.01, 21.31, 313.35)

OKLCH

oklch(66.1%, 0.0562, 311.75)

HWB

hwb(276, 53.7%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97ac89

Analogous

#8d89ac

#9e89ac

#ac89a9

Triadic

#9e89ac

#ac9e89

#89ac9e

Split-complementary

#9e89ac

#a9ac89

#89ac8d

Tetradic

#9e89ac

#ac8997

#97ac89

#89ac9e

Square

#9e89ac

#ac8d89

#97ac89

#89a9ac

Shades

Color #9e89ac mixed toward black.

#856b97

#6b5579

#50405b

#352b3c

#1b151e

Tints

Color #9e89ac mixed toward white.

#ae9dba

#beb0c8

#cfc4d6

#dfd8e3

#efebf1

Tones

Color #9e89ac mixed toward gray.

#9d8ca9

#9d8fa6

#9c92a3

#9c95a0

#9b989d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9595a4 · ΔE 10.9

Deuteranopia

#9798a3 · ΔE 12.8

Tritanopia

#9d9e9d · ΔE 17.9

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 16.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9e89ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e89ac]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9e89ac (#9e89ac) is rgb(158, 137, 172) in RGB.

No, #9e89ac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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