#9f9ea1

Color #9f9ea1

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.31 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9f9ea1

RGB

rgb(159, 158, 161)

HSL

hsl(260, 1.6%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 1.9%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.2%, 1.9%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(65.28, 0.94, -1.43)

LCH

lch(65.28, 1.71, 303.32)

OKLCH

oklch(70.1%, 0.0044, 301.18)

HWB

hwb(260, 62%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a0a19e

Analogous

#9e9ea1

#9f9ea1

#a09ea1

Triadic

#9f9ea1

#a19f9e

#9ea19f

Split-complementary

#9f9ea1

#a1a09e

#9ea19e

Tetradic

#9f9ea1

#a19ea0

#a0a19e

#9ea19f

Square

#9f9ea1

#a19e9e

#a0a19e

#9ea1a0

Shades

Color #9f9ea1 mixed toward black.

#848387

#6a696c

#4f4e51

#353436

#1a1a1b

Tints

Color #9f9ea1 mixed toward white.

#afaeb1

#bfbec0

#cfced0

#dfdfe0

#efefef

Tones

Color #9f9ea1 mixed toward gray.

#9f9ea1

#9f9ea0

#9f9fa0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fa0 · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#9f9fa0 · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#9fa0a0 · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 1.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f9ea1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f9ea1]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#9f9ea1 (#9f9ea1) is rgb(159, 158, 161) in RGB.

No, #9f9ea1 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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