#938ea8

Color #938ea8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.52 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#938ea8

RGB

rgb(147, 142, 168)

HSL

hsl(251.5, 13%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.5, 15.5%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(60.23, 7.16, -13)

LCH

lch(60.23, 14.84, 298.84)

OKLCH

oklch(66%, 0.0386, 294.17)

HWB

hwb(251.5, 55.7%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3a88e

Analogous

#8e96a8

#938ea8

#a08ea8

Triadic

#938ea8

#a8938e

#8ea893

Split-complementary

#938ea8

#a8a08e

#96a88e

Tetradic

#938ea8

#a88ea3

#a3a88e

#8ea893

Square

#938ea8

#a88e96

#a3a88e

#8ea8a0

Shades

Color #938ea8 mixed toward black.

#777192

#5f5a75

#474358

#302d3a

#18161d

Tints

Color #938ea8 mixed toward white.

#a5a1b7

#b7b4c5

#c9c7d4

#dbd9e2

#edecf1

Tones

Color #938ea8 mixed toward gray.

#9490a6

#9692a4

#9795a2

#98979f

#9a999d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9191a2 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#9192a1 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#939d9c · ΔE 15.8

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 12.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #938ea8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#938ea8]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#938ea8 (#938ea8) is rgb(147, 142, 168) in RGB.

No, #938ea8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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