#948c9f

Color #948c9f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.89 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#948c9f

RGB

rgb(148, 140, 159)

HSL

hsl(265.3, 9%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(265.3, 11.9%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.9%, 11.9%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(59.48, 6.72, -8.97)

LCH

lch(59.48, 11.21, 306.84)

OKLCH

oklch(65.3%, 0.0293, 304.56)

HWB

hwb(265.3, 54.9%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#979f8c

Analogous

#8c8d9f

#948c9f

#9d8c9f

Triadic

#948c9f

#9f948c

#8c9f94

Split-complementary

#948c9f

#9f9d8c

#8d9f8c

Tetradic

#948c9f

#9f8c97

#979f8c

#8c9f94

Square

#948c9f

#9f8c8d

#979f8c

#8c9f9d

Shades

Color #948c9f mixed toward black.

#7b7188

#625b6d

#4a4451

#312d36

#19171b

Tints

Color #948c9f mixed toward white.

#a69faf

#b8b2bf

#c9c5cf

#dbd9df

#edecef

Tones

Color #948c9f mixed toward gray.

#948e9d

#948f9c

#95919a

#959299

#959497

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.51:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#91919b · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#91929a · ΔE 7.1

Tritanopia

#949796 · ΔE 12.1

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 10.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #948c9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#948c9f]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Purple #9370db

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Frequently asked questions

#948c9f (#948c9f) is rgb(148, 140, 159) in RGB.

No, #948c9f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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