#9f94ae

Color #9f94ae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 13.46 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9f94ae

RGB

rgb(159, 148, 174)

HSL

hsl(265.4, 13.8%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(265.4, 14.9%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.6%, 14.9%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(63.02, 9.14, -12.1)

LCH

lch(63.02, 15.16, 307.07)

OKLCH

oklch(68.5%, 0.0396, 304.49)

HWB

hwb(265.4, 58%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3ae94

Analogous

#9496ae

#9f94ae

#ac94ae

Triadic

#9f94ae

#ae9f94

#94ae9f

Split-complementary

#9f94ae

#aeac94

#96ae94

Tetradic

#9f94ae

#ae94a3

#a3ae94

#94ae9f

Square

#9f94ae

#ae9496

#a3ae94

#94aeac

Shades

Color #9f94ae mixed toward black.

#847597

#695c7a

#4f455c

#352e3d

#1a171f

Tints

Color #9f94ae mixed toward white.

#afa6bb

#bfb8c9

#cfc9d6

#dfdbe4

#efedf1

Tones

Color #9f94ae mixed toward gray.

#9f96ac

#a098aa

#a09aa7

#a09da5

#a19fa3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9aa8 · ΔE 7

Deuteranopia

#9b9ca7 · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#9ea3a2 · ΔE 15.4

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 12.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f94ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f94ae]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#9f94ae (#9f94ae) is rgb(159, 148, 174) in RGB.

No, #9f94ae 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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