#97939e

Color #97939e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.97 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#97939e

RGB

rgb(151, 147, 158)

HSL

hsl(261.8, 5.4%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.8, 7%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.4%, 7%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(61.58, 3.62, -5.26)

LCH

lch(61.58, 6.39, 304.54)

OKLCH

oklch(67%, 0.0166, 302.44)

HWB

hwb(261.8, 57.6%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9a9e93

Analogous

#93949e

#97939e

#9d939e

Triadic

#97939e

#9e9793

#939e97

Split-complementary

#97939e

#9e9d93

#949e93

Tetradic

#97939e

#9e939a

#9a9e93

#939e97

Square

#97939e

#9e9394

#9a9e93

#939e9d

Shades

Color #97939e mixed toward black.

#7d7886

#64606b

#4b4850

#323036

#19181b

Tints

Color #97939e mixed toward white.

#a8a5ae

#bab7be

#cbc9cf

#dcdbdf

#eeedef

Tones

Color #97939e mixed toward gray.

#97949d

#97959c

#98969b

#98979a

#989899

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#95959b · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#96969b · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#979999 · ΔE 7.3

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 6.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #97939e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#97939e]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#97939e (#97939e) is rgb(151, 147, 158) in RGB.

No, #97939e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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