#936ba9

Color #936ba9

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 23.12 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 13.6

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Conversions

HEX

#936ba9

RGB

rgb(147, 107, 169)

HSL

hsl(278.7, 26.5%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.7, 36.7%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(13%, 36.7%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(51.36, 27.64, -27.12)

LCH

lch(51.36, 38.72, 315.54)

OKLCH

oklch(59.2%, 0.1022, 313.02)

HWB

hwb(278.7, 42%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#81a96b

Analogous

#746ba9

#936ba9

#a96ba0

Triadic

#936ba9

#a9936b

#6ba993

Split-complementary

#936ba9

#a0a96b

#6ba974

Tetradic

#936ba9

#a96b81

#81a96b

#6ba993

Square

#936ba9

#a9746b

#81a96b

#6ba0a9

Shades

Color #936ba9 mixed toward black.

#7c5491

#634474

#4a3357

#32223a

#19111d

Tints

Color #936ba9 mixed toward white.

#a584b7

#b79cc6

#c9b5d4

#dbcee2

#ede6f1

Tones

Color #936ba9 mixed toward gray.

#9170a4

#90759f

#8e7a99

#8d8094

#8b858f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.92:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#84839d · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#86899a · ΔE 16.9

Tritanopia

#919290 · ΔE 26.2

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #936ba9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#936ba9]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#936ba9 (#936ba9) is rgb(147, 107, 169) in RGB.

No, #936ba9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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