#958aa8

Color #958aa8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 13.24 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#958aa8

RGB

rgb(149, 138, 168)

HSL

hsl(262, 14.7%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262, 17.9%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.3%, 17.9%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(59.34, 10.13, -14.32)

LCH

lch(59.34, 17.54, 305.28)

OKLCH

oklch(65.3%, 0.0457, 301.85)

HWB

hwb(262, 54.1%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9da88a

Analogous

#8a8ea8

#958aa8

#a48aa8

Triadic

#958aa8

#a8958a

#8aa895

Split-complementary

#958aa8

#a8a48a

#8ea88a

Tetradic

#958aa8

#a88a9d

#9da88a

#8aa895

Square

#958aa8

#a88a8e

#9da88a

#8aa8a4

Shades

Color #958aa8 mixed toward black.

#7b6d92

#625775

#4a4158

#312c3a

#19161d

Tints

Color #958aa8 mixed toward white.

#a79eb6

#b8b1c5

#cac5d3

#dcd8e2

#edecf0

Tones

Color #958aa8 mixed toward gray.

#968da5

#968fa3

#9792a0

#98949e

#98979b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9090a1 · ΔE 7

Deuteranopia

#9192a0 · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#949c9b · ΔE 17.5

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 14.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #958aa8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#958aa8]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#958aa8 (#958aa8) is rgb(149, 138, 168) in RGB.

No, #958aa8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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