#9e91a8

Color #9e91a8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 13.01 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9e91a8

RGB

rgb(158, 145, 168)

HSL

hsl(273.9, 11.7%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.9, 13.7%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(6%, 13.7%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(61.95, 9.25, -10.31)

LCH

lch(61.95, 13.85, 311.9)

OKLCH

oklch(67.6%, 0.0365, 310.55)

HWB

hwb(273.9, 56.9%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ba891

Analogous

#9391a8

#9e91a8

#a891a7

Triadic

#9e91a8

#a89e91

#91a89e

Split-complementary

#9e91a8

#a7a891

#91a893

Tetradic

#9e91a8

#a8919b

#9ba891

#91a89e

Square

#9e91a8

#a89391

#9ba891

#91a7a8

Shades

Color #9e91a8 mixed toward black.

#847491

#6a5c75

#4f4557

#352e3a

#1a171d

Tints

Color #9e91a8 mixed toward white.

#aea3b7

#beb6c5

#cfc8d4

#dfdae2

#efedf1

Tones

Color #9e91a8 mixed toward gray.

#9e93a6

#9e95a4

#9d97a2

#9d99a0

#9d9b9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9998a3 · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#999aa2 · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#9d9f9e · ΔE 13.9

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 12.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9e91a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e91a8]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9e91a8 (#9e91a8) is rgb(158, 145, 168) in RGB.

No, #9e91a8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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