#9f8c99

Color #9f8c99

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium magenta.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 12.36 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9f8c99

RGB

rgb(159, 140, 153)

HSL

hsl(318.9, 9%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(318.9, 11.9%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 3.8%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(60.27, 9.48, -4.27)

LCH

lch(60.27, 10.4, 335.75)

OKLCH

oklch(66.1%, 0.0293, 337.29)

HWB

hwb(318.9, 54.9%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8c9f92

Analogous

#9b8c9f

#9f8c99

#9f8c8f

Triadic

#9f8c99

#999f8c

#8c999f

Split-complementary

#9f8c99

#8f9f8c

#8c9f9b

Tetradic

#9f8c99

#9f928c

#8c9f92

#8c999f

Square

#9f8c99

#9f9b8c

#8c9f92

#8c8f9f

Shades

Color #9f8c99 mixed toward black.

#887181

#6d5b67

#51444d

#362d33

#1b171a

Tints

Color #9f8c99 mixed toward white.

#af9faa

#bfb2bb

#cfc5cc

#dfd9dd

#efecee

Tones

Color #9f8c99 mixed toward gray.

#9d8e98

#9c8f98

#9a9197

#999297

#979496

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.69:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#979796 · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#989a95 · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#9e9493 · ΔE 8.1

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 11.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f8c99;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f8c99]

Related colors

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Deep Pink #ff1493

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#9f8c99 (#9f8c99) is rgb(159, 140, 153) in RGB.

No, #9f8c99 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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