#957fb3

Color #957fb3

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 21.49 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 13.5

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Conversions

HEX

#957fb3

RGB

rgb(149, 127, 179)

HSL

hsl(265.4, 25.5%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(265.4, 29.1%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.8%, 29.1%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(56.9, 18.93, -24.32)

LCH

lch(56.9, 30.82, 307.9)

OKLCH

oklch(63.6%, 0.0802, 303.55)

HWB

hwb(265.4, 49.8%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9db37f

Analogous

#7f83b3

#957fb3

#af7fb3

Triadic

#957fb3

#b3957f

#7fb395

Split-complementary

#957fb3

#b3af7f

#83b37f

Tetradic

#957fb3

#b37f9d

#9db37f

#7fb395

Square

#957fb3

#b37f83

#9db37f

#7fb3af

Shades

Color #957fb3 mixed toward black.

#7b5fa0

#624c80

#4a3960

#312640

#191320

Tints

Color #957fb3 mixed toward white.

#a794c0

#b8aacc

#cabfd9

#dcd4e6

#edeaf2

Tones

Color #957fb3 mixed toward gray.

#9683af

#9688aa

#978ca6

#9890a2

#98959d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8ca8 · ΔE 9.2

Deuteranopia

#8d8fa6 · ΔE 11.2

Tritanopia

#949f9d · ΔE 23

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 19.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #957fb3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#957fb3]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#957fb3 (#957fb3) is rgb(149, 127, 179) in RGB.

No, #957fb3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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