#9879a6

Color #9879a6

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 21.94 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9879a6

RGB

rgb(152, 121, 166)

HSL

hsl(281.3, 20.2%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.3, 27.1%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.4%, 27.1%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(55.18, 20.53, -19.46)

LCH

lch(55.18, 28.29, 316.53)

OKLCH

oklch(62.2%, 0.0751, 315.11)

HWB

hwb(281.3, 47.5%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#87a679

Analogous

#8279a6

#9879a6

#a6799e

Triadic

#9879a6

#a69879

#79a698

Split-complementary

#9879a6

#9ea679

#79a682

Tetradic

#9879a6

#a67987

#87a679

#79a698

Square

#9879a6

#a68279

#87a679

#799ea6

Shades

Color #9879a6 mixed toward black.

#815f90

#674c73

#4d3956

#33263a

#1a131d

Tints

Color #9879a6 mixed toward white.

#a98fb5

#baa6c4

#ccbcd3

#ddd2e1

#eee9f0

Tones

Color #9879a6 mixed toward gray.

#977da2

#95819f

#94849b

#928897

#918c93

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8b9d · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#8d909a · ΔE 17

Tritanopia

#979593 · ΔE 21.3

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 19.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9879a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9879a6]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9879a6 (#9879a6) is rgb(152, 121, 166) in RGB.

No, #9879a6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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