#956ba6

Color #956ba6

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 22.69 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 13.2

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Conversions

HEX

#956ba6

RGB

rgb(149, 107, 166)

HSL

hsl(282.7, 24.9%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.7, 35.5%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.2%, 35.5%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(51.45, 27.63, -25.22)

LCH

lch(51.45, 37.41, 317.61)

OKLCH

oklch(59.3%, 0.0994, 315.9)

HWB

hwb(282.7, 42%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7ca66b

Analogous

#776ba6

#956ba6

#a66b99

Triadic

#956ba6

#a6956b

#6ba695

Split-complementary

#956ba6

#99a66b

#6ba677

Tetradic

#956ba6

#a66b7c

#7ca66b

#6ba695

Square

#956ba6

#a6776b

#7ca66b

#6b99a6

Shades

Color #956ba6 mixed toward black.

#7e558e

#654472

#4b3355

#322239

#19111c

Tints

Color #956ba6 mixed toward white.

#a784b5

#b89cc4

#cab5d2

#dccee1

#ede6f0

Tones

Color #956ba6 mixed toward gray.

#9370a1

#91759c

#8f7a97

#8d7f92

#8b848d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#85859a · ΔE 15.1

Deuteranopia

#878a97 · ΔE 18.3

Tritanopia

#93908e · ΔE 24.1

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 22.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #956ba6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#956ba6]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#956ba6 (#956ba6) is rgb(149, 107, 166) in RGB.

No, #956ba6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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