#9e8fa8

Color #9e8fa8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 13.78 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9e8fa8

RGB

rgb(158, 143, 168)

HSL

hsl(276, 12.6%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276, 14.9%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(6%, 14.9%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(61.43, 10.38, -11.09)

LCH

lch(61.43, 15.19, 313.11)

OKLCH

oklch(67.2%, 0.0401, 311.97)

HWB

hwb(276, 56.1%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99a88f

Analogous

#928fa8

#9e8fa8

#a88fa6

Triadic

#9e8fa8

#a89e8f

#8fa89e

Split-complementary

#9e8fa8

#a6a88f

#8fa892

Tetradic

#9e8fa8

#a88f99

#99a88f

#8fa89e

Square

#9e8fa8

#a8928f

#99a88f

#8fa6a8

Shades

Color #9e8fa8 mixed toward black.

#857291

#6a5b75

#504458

#352d3a

#1b171d

Tints

Color #9e8fa8 mixed toward white.

#aea2b7

#beb4c5

#cfc7d4

#dfdae2

#efecf1

Tones

Color #9e8fa8 mixed toward gray.

#9e91a6

#9d93a4

#9d95a2

#9c97a0

#9c999e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898a2 · ΔE 9.3

Deuteranopia

#999aa1 · ΔE 10.9

Tritanopia

#9d9e9d · ΔE 14.5

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 13.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #9e8fa8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e8fa8]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9e8fa8 (#9e8fa8) is rgb(158, 143, 168) in RGB.

No, #9e8fa8 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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