#9f6a9f

Color #9f6a9f

A muted medium magenta.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 21.55 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 13.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9f6a9f

RGB

rgb(159, 106, 159)

HSL

hsl(300, 21.6%, 52%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(300, 33.3%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(52.04, 30.07, -20.12)

LCH

lch(52.04, 36.18, 326.21)

OKLCH

oklch(59.9%, 0.0995, 326.73)

HWB

hwb(300, 41.6%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6a9f6a

Analogous

#856a9f

#9f6a9f

#9f6a85

Triadic

#9f6a9f

#9f9f6a

#6a9f9f

Split-complementary

#9f6a9f

#859f6a

#6a9f85

Tetradic

#9f6a9f

#9f6a6a

#6a9f6a

#6a9f9f

Square

#9f6a9f

#9f856a

#6a9f6a

#6a859f

Shades

Color #9f6a9f mixed toward black.

#865786

#6b456b

#513451

#362336

#1b111b

Tints

Color #9f6a9f mixed toward white.

#af83af

#bf9cbf

#cfb5cf

#dfcddf

#efe6ef

Tones

Color #9f6a9f mixed toward gray.

#9b6f9b

#967396

#927792

#8d7c8d

#898089

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b94 · ΔE 20

Deuteranopia

#8e9292 · ΔE 20.2

Tritanopia

#9d8b89 · ΔE 20.4

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 22.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9f6a9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f6a9f]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#9f6a9f (#9f6a9f) is rgb(159, 106, 159) in RGB.

No, #9f6a9f 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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