#908a9b

Color #908a9b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.77 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#908a9b

RGB

rgb(144, 138, 155)

HSL

hsl(261.2, 7.8%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.2, 11%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.1%, 11%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(58.48, 5.62, -8.21)

LCH

lch(58.48, 9.95, 304.39)

OKLCH

oklch(64.4%, 0.0259, 301.72)

HWB

hwb(261.2, 54.1%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#959b8a

Analogous

#8a8d9b

#908a9b

#998a9b

Triadic

#908a9b

#9b908a

#8a9b90

Split-complementary

#908a9b

#9b998a

#8d9b8a

Tetradic

#908a9b

#9b8a95

#959b8a

#8a9b90

Square

#908a9b

#9b8a8d

#959b8a

#8a9b99

Shades

Color #908a9b mixed toward black.

#777184

#605a69

#48444f

#302d35

#18171a

Tints

Color #908a9b mixed toward white.

#a39eac

#b5b1bc

#c8c5cd

#dad8de

#edecee

Tones

Color #908a9b mixed toward gray.

#918c9a

#918d98

#918e97

#929095

#929194

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.29:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8d97 · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#8e8e96 · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#909493 · ΔE 11.4

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 9.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #908a9b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#908a9b]

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

#908a9b (#908a9b) is rgb(144, 138, 155) in RGB.

No, #908a9b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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