#9e97a2

Color #9e97a2

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.94 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9e97a2

RGB

rgb(158, 151, 162)

HSL

hsl(278.2, 5.6%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.2, 6.8%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.5%, 6.8%, 0%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(63.35, 4.67, -4.84)

LCH

lch(63.35, 6.73, 313.98)

OKLCH

oklch(68.6%, 0.0178, 313.4)

HWB

hwb(278.2, 59.2%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ba297

Analogous

#9997a2

#9e97a2

#a297a1

Triadic

#9e97a2

#a29e97

#97a29e

Split-complementary

#9e97a2

#a1a297

#97a299

Tetradic

#9e97a2

#a2979b

#9ba297

#97a29e

Square

#9e97a2

#a29997

#9ba297

#97a1a2

Shades

Color #9e97a2 mixed toward black.

#847c89

#6a636e

#4f4a53

#353137

#1a191c

Tints

Color #9e97a2 mixed toward white.

#aea8b2

#bebac1

#cfcbd1

#dfdce0

#efeef0

Tones

Color #9e97a2 mixed toward gray.

#9e98a1

#9e99a0

#9d9a9f

#9d9b9e

#9d9c9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9b9f · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#9b9c9f · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#9e9d9d · ΔE 6.9

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 7.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9e97a2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e97a2]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9e97a2 (#9e97a2) is rgb(158, 151, 162) in RGB.

No, #9e97a2 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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