#9f909d

Color #9f909d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium magenta.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 12.16 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9f909d

RGB

rgb(159, 144, 157)

HSL

hsl(308, 7.2%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(308, 9.4%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 1.3%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(61.44, 7.98, -4.82)

LCH

lch(61.44, 9.32, 328.87)

OKLCH

oklch(67.1%, 0.0257, 330.14)

HWB

hwb(308, 56.5%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#909f92

Analogous

#99909f

#9f909d

#9f9095

Triadic

#9f909d

#9d9f90

#909d9f

Split-complementary

#9f909d

#959f90

#909f99

Tetradic

#9f909d

#9f9290

#909f92

#909d9f

Square

#9f909d

#9f9990

#909f92

#90959f

Shades

Color #9f909d mixed toward black.

#877585

#6c5e6a

#514650

#362f35

#1b171b

Tints

Color #9f909d mixed toward white.

#afa3ad

#bfb5be

#cfc8ce

#dfdade

#efedef

Tones

Color #9f909d mixed toward gray.

#9e919c

#9c939b

#9b949a

#9a9599

#999698

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#99999a · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#9a9b99 · ΔE 12

Tritanopia

#9e9897 · ΔE 8.4

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 10

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f909d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f909d]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#9f909d (#9f909d) is rgb(159, 144, 157) in RGB.

No, #9f909d 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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