#9f89bb

Color #9f89bb

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 19.17 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 13.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9f89bb

RGB

rgb(159, 137, 187)

HSL

hsl(266.4, 26.9%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(266.4, 26.7%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(15%, 26.7%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(60.65, 18.22, -23.04)

LCH

lch(60.65, 29.37, 308.34)

OKLCH

oklch(66.8%, 0.0765, 304.46)

HWB

hwb(266.4, 53.7%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5bb89

Analogous

#898cbb

#9f89bb

#b889bb

Triadic

#9f89bb

#bb9f89

#89bb9f

Split-complementary

#9f89bb

#bbb889

#8cbb89

Tetradic

#9f89bb

#bb89a5

#a5bb89

#89bb9f

Square

#9f89bb

#bb898c

#a5bb89

#89bbb8

Shades

Color #9f89bb mixed toward black.

#8367a7

#684f89

#4e3b67

#342744

#1a1422

Tints

Color #9f89bb mixed toward white.

#af9dc6

#bfb0d2

#cfc4dd

#dfd8e8

#efebf4

Tones

Color #9f89bb mixed toward gray.

#9f8db7

#a091b3

#a095ae

#a19aaa

#a19ea6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696b1 · ΔE 9.3

Deuteranopia

#9799ae · ΔE 11.7

Tritanopia

#9ea8a6 · ΔE 22.5

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 19.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f89bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f89bb]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#9f89bb (#9f89bb) is rgb(159, 137, 187) in RGB.

No, #9f89bb 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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