#985ebb

Color #985ebb

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 11.97 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#985ebb

RGB

rgb(152, 94, 187)

HSL

hsl(277.4, 40.6%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.4, 49.7%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.7%, 49.7%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(49.82, 40.53, -39.95)

LCH

lch(49.82, 56.91, 315.41)

OKLCH

oklch(58.4%, 0.1486, 311.37)

HWB

hwb(277.4, 36.9%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#81bb5e

Analogous

#695ebb

#985ebb

#bb5eb0

Triadic

#985ebb

#bb985e

#5ebb98

Split-complementary

#985ebb

#b0bb5e

#5ebb69

Tetradic

#985ebb

#bb5e81

#81bb5e

#5ebb98

Square

#985ebb

#bb695e

#81bb5e

#5eb0bb

Shades

Color #985ebb mixed toward black.

#8146a5

#673884

#4d2a63

#341c42

#1a0e21

Tints

Color #985ebb mixed toward white.

#a979c6

#ba94d2

#cbafdd

#ddc9e8

#eee4f4

Tones

Color #985ebb mixed toward gray.

#9666b3

#946eab

#9275a4

#907d9c

#8e8594

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8382aa · ΔE 15

Deuteranopia

#868aa6 · ΔE 18.1

Tritanopia

#969c98 · ΔE 29.8

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 25.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #985ebb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#985ebb]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#985ebb (#985ebb) is rgb(152, 94, 187) in RGB.

No, #985ebb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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