#9685a4

Color #9685a4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 15.17 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9685a4

RGB

rgb(150, 133, 164)

HSL

hsl(272.9, 14.6%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(272.9, 18.9%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.5%, 18.9%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(57.98, 12.48, -14.08)

LCH

lch(57.98, 18.81, 311.55)

OKLCH

oklch(64.3%, 0.0494, 309.58)

HWB

hwb(272.9, 52.2%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#93a485

Analogous

#8685a4

#9685a4

#a485a2

Triadic

#9685a4

#a49685

#85a496

Split-complementary

#9685a4

#a2a485

#85a486

Tetradic

#9685a4

#a48593

#93a485

#85a496

Square

#9685a4

#a48685

#93a485

#85a2a4

Shades

Color #9685a4 mixed toward black.

#7d6a8e

#645471

#4b3f55

#322a39

#19151c

Tints

Color #9685a4 mixed toward white.

#a799b3

#b9aec2

#cac2d1

#dcd6e1

#edebf0

Tones

Color #9685a4 mixed toward gray.

#9687a1

#958a9f

#958d9c

#958f9a

#959297

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.19:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8f9d · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#90919c · ΔE 11.2

Tritanopia

#959896 · ΔE 17.6

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 15.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9685a4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9685a4]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#9685a4 (#9685a4) is rgb(150, 133, 164) in RGB.

No, #9685a4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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