#9e95a4

Color #9e95a4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.1 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9e95a4

RGB

rgb(158, 149, 164)

HSL

hsl(276, 7.6%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276, 9.1%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.7%, 9.1%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(62.88, 6.18, -6.67)

LCH

lch(62.88, 9.09, 312.82)

OKLCH

oklch(68.2%, 0.024, 312.13)

HWB

hwb(276, 58.4%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ba495

Analogous

#9795a4

#9e95a4

#a495a3

Triadic

#9e95a4

#a49e95

#95a49e

Split-complementary

#9e95a4

#a3a495

#95a497

Tetradic

#9e95a4

#a4959b

#9ba495

#95a49e

Square

#9e95a4

#a49795

#9ba495

#95a3a4

Shades

Color #9e95a4 mixed toward black.

#84798c

#6a6070

#4f4854

#353038

#1a181c

Tints

Color #9e95a4 mixed toward white.

#aea7b3

#beb8c2

#cfcad2

#dfdce1

#efedf0

Tones

Color #9e95a4 mixed toward gray.

#9e96a3

#9e98a2

#9d99a0

#9d9a9f

#9d9b9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9aa1 · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#9b9ba0 · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#9e9e9d · ΔE 9.9

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 9.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9e95a4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e95a4]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9e95a4 (#9e95a4) is rgb(158, 149, 164) in RGB.

No, #9e95a4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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