#936f9d

Color #936f9d

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 23.8 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 10.9

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Conversions

HEX

#936f9d

RGB

rgb(147, 111, 157)

HSL

hsl(287, 19%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(287, 29.3%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.4%, 29.3%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(51.84, 22.72, -19.37)

LCH

lch(51.84, 29.86, 319.55)

OKLCH

oklch(59.4%, 0.08, 318.8)

HWB

hwb(287, 43.5%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#799d6f

Analogous

#7c6f9d

#936f9d

#9d6f90

Triadic

#936f9d

#9d936f

#6f9d93

Split-complementary

#936f9d

#909d6f

#6f9d7c

Tetradic

#936f9d

#9d6f79

#799d6f

#6f9d93

Square

#936f9d

#9d7c6f

#799d6f

#6f909d

Shades

Color #936f9d mixed toward black.

#7c5a85

#63486a

#4a3650

#312435

#19121b

Tints

Color #936f9d mixed toward white.

#a587ad

#b79fbe

#c9b7ce

#dbcfde

#ede7ef

Tones

Color #936f9d mixed toward gray.

#917399

#8f7795

#8c7a91

#8a7e8e

#88828a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

5:1

Black text reads better on this background (5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#858594 · ΔE 15.3

Deuteranopia

#878991 · ΔE 18.4

Tritanopia

#918b8a · ΔE 20.2

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #936f9d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#936f9d]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#936f9d (#936f9d) is rgb(147, 111, 157) in RGB.

No, #936f9d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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