#9f90a6

Color #9f90a6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 13.43 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9f90a6

RGB

rgb(159, 144, 166)

HSL

hsl(280.9, 11%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.9, 13.3%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.2%, 13.3%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(61.72, 9.76, -9.52)

LCH

lch(61.72, 13.63, 315.71)

OKLCH

oklch(67.4%, 0.0362, 315.22)

HWB

hwb(280.9, 56.5%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97a690

Analogous

#9490a6

#9f90a6

#a690a2

Triadic

#9f90a6

#a69f90

#90a69f

Split-complementary

#9f90a6

#a2a690

#90a694

Tetradic

#9f90a6

#a69097

#97a690

#90a69f

Square

#9f90a6

#a69490

#97a690

#90a2a6

Shades

Color #9f90a6 mixed toward black.

#86738f

#6b5c73

#514556

#362e39

#1b171d

Tints

Color #9f90a6 mixed toward white.

#afa3b5

#bfb5c4

#cfc8d3

#dfdae1

#efedf0

Tones

Color #9f90a6 mixed toward gray.

#9e92a4

#9e94a2

#9d96a1

#9c979f

#9c999d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999a1 · ΔE 9.3

Deuteranopia

#9a9ba0 · ΔE 11

Tritanopia

#9e9d9c · ΔE 13.1

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 12.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f90a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f90a6]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9f90a6 (#9f90a6) is rgb(159, 144, 166) in RGB.

No, #9f90a6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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