#917b9e

Color #917b9e

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 18.12 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#917b9e

RGB

rgb(145, 123, 158)

HSL

hsl(277.7, 15.3%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.7, 22.2%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.2%, 22.2%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(54.71, 15.26, -15.6)

LCH

lch(54.71, 21.82, 314.37)

OKLCH

oklch(61.6%, 0.0577, 312.82)

HWB

hwb(277.7, 48.2%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#889e7b

Analogous

#7f7b9e

#917b9e

#9e7b9a

Triadic

#917b9e

#9e917b

#7b9e91

Split-complementary

#917b9e

#9a9e7b

#7b9e7f

Tetradic

#917b9e

#9e7b88

#889e7b

#7b9e91

Square

#917b9e

#9e7f7b

#889e7b

#7b9a9e

Shades

Color #917b9e mixed toward black.

#7a6387

#614f6c

#493c51

#312836

#18141b

Tints

Color #917b9e mixed toward white.

#a391ae

#b6a7be

#c8bdcf

#dad3df

#ede9ef

Tones

Color #917b9e mixed toward gray.

#907e9b

#908198

#8f8495

#8e8792

#8d8a8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.53:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#888896 · ΔE 11.6

Deuteranopia

#898b95 · ΔE 13.9

Tritanopia

#90908f · ΔE 18.4

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 16.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #917b9e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#917b9e]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#917b9e (#917b9e) is rgb(145, 123, 158) in RGB.

No, #917b9e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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