#9e98aa

Color #9e98aa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.53 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9e98aa

RGB

rgb(158, 152, 170)

HSL

hsl(260, 9.6%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 10.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.1%, 10.6%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(63.86, 5.72, -8.6)

LCH

lch(63.86, 10.33, 303.63)

OKLCH

oklch(69.1%, 0.0269, 300.85)

HWB

hwb(260, 59.6%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4aa98

Analogous

#989baa

#9e98aa

#a798aa

Triadic

#9e98aa

#aa9e98

#98aa9e

Split-complementary

#9e98aa

#aaa798

#9baa98

Tetradic

#9e98aa

#aa98a4

#a4aa98

#98aa9e

Square

#9e98aa

#aa989b

#a4aa98

#98aaa7

Shades

Color #9e98aa mixed toward black.

#827a92

#686176

#4e4958

#34303b

#1a181d

Tints

Color #9e98aa mixed toward white.

#aea9b8

#bebac6

#cecbd4

#dfdde3

#efeef1

Tones

Color #9e98aa mixed toward gray.

#9e99a8

#9f9ba7

#9f9ca5

#a09ea4

#a09fa2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9ba6 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#9c9ca5 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#9ea3a2 · ΔE 11.9

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 9.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9e98aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e98aa]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#9e98aa (#9e98aa) is rgb(158, 152, 170) in RGB.

No, #9e98aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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