#958aa0

Color #958aa0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.17 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#958aa0

RGB

rgb(149, 138, 160)

HSL

hsl(270, 10.4%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 13.8%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.9%, 13.8%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(59.07, 8.42, -10.15)

LCH

lch(59.07, 13.19, 309.68)

OKLCH

oklch(65%, 0.0346, 307.83)

HWB

hwb(270, 54.1%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95a08a

Analogous

#8a8aa0

#958aa0

#a08aa0

Triadic

#958aa0

#a0958a

#8aa095

Split-complementary

#958aa0

#a0a08a

#8aa08a

Tetradic

#958aa0

#a08a95

#95a08a

#8aa095

Square

#958aa0

#a08a8a

#95a08a

#8aa0a0

Shades

Color #958aa0 mixed toward black.

#7c6f89

#63596e

#4a4352

#322c37

#19161b

Tints

Color #958aa0 mixed toward white.

#a79db0

#b8b1c0

#cac4cf

#dcd8df

#edebef

Tones

Color #958aa0 mixed toward gray.

#958c9e

#958e9c

#958f9a

#959199

#959397

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#90909b · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#91929a · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#949796 · ΔE 13.7

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 11.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #958aa0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#958aa0]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#958aa0 (#958aa0) is rgb(149, 138, 160) in RGB.

No, #958aa0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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