#946ea7

Color #946ea7

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 22.48 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 13

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Conversions

HEX

#946ea7

RGB

rgb(148, 110, 167)

HSL

hsl(280, 24.5%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 34.1%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.4%, 34.1%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(52.11, 25.78, -24.8)

LCH

lch(52.11, 35.77, 316.11)

OKLCH

oklch(59.7%, 0.0946, 314.06)

HWB

hwb(280, 43.1%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#81a76e

Analogous

#776ea7

#946ea7

#a76e9d

Triadic

#946ea7

#a7946e

#6ea794

Split-complementary

#946ea7

#9da76e

#6ea777

Tetradic

#946ea7

#a76e81

#81a76e

#6ea794

Square

#946ea7

#a7776e

#81a76e

#6e9da7

Shades

Color #946ea7 mixed toward black.

#7d5790

#644673

#4b3456

#322339

#19111d

Tints

Color #946ea7 mixed toward white.

#a686b6

#b89ec4

#c9b6d3

#dbcfe2

#ede7f0

Tones

Color #946ea7 mixed toward gray.

#9273a2

#91779d

#8f7c99

#8e8194

#8c868f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#85859c · ΔE 13.8

Deuteranopia

#878a99 · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#929290 · ΔE 24.9

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #946ea7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#946ea7]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#946ea7 (#946ea7) is rgb(148, 110, 167) in RGB.

No, #946ea7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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