#917a9a

Color #917a9a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 17.51 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#917a9a

RGB

rgb(145, 122, 154)

HSL

hsl(283.1, 13.7%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.1, 20.8%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.8%, 20.8%, 0%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(54.31, 14.99, -13.89)

LCH

lch(54.31, 20.44, 317.18)

OKLCH

oklch(61.2%, 0.0544, 316.42)

HWB

hwb(283.1, 47.8%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#839a7a

Analogous

#817a9a

#917a9a

#9a7a93

Triadic

#917a9a

#9a917a

#7a9a91

Split-complementary

#917a9a

#939a7a

#7a9a81

Tetradic

#917a9a

#9a7a83

#839a7a

#7a9a91

Square

#917a9a

#9a817a

#839a7a

#7a939a

Shades

Color #917a9a mixed toward black.

#7a6383

#614f69

#493c4e

#312834

#18141a

Tints

Color #917a9a mixed toward white.

#a390ab

#b6a6bc

#c8bccc

#dad3dd

#ede9ee

Tones

Color #917a9a mixed toward gray.

#907d97

#8f7f95

#8d8292

#8c858f

#8b878d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.45:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#888793 · ΔE 11.6

Deuteranopia

#898b91 · ΔE 15.2

Tritanopia

#908d8c · ΔE 16.6

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 16.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #917a9a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#917a9a]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#917a9a (#917a9a) is rgb(145, 122, 154) in RGB.

No, #917a9a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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