#9974b9

Color #9974b9

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 21.09 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 12.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9974b9

RGB

rgb(153, 116, 185)

HSL

hsl(272.2, 33%, 59%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(272.2, 37.3%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.3%, 37.3%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(54.83, 27.93, -30.94)

LCH

lch(54.83, 41.68, 312.07)

OKLCH

oklch(62.2%, 0.1087, 308.12)

HWB

hwb(272.2, 45.5%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#94b974

Analogous

#7674b9

#9974b9

#b974b6

Triadic

#9974b9

#b99974

#74b999

Split-complementary

#9974b9

#b6b974

#74b976

Tetradic

#9974b9

#b97494

#94b974

#74b999

Square

#9974b9

#b97674

#94b974

#74b6b9

Shades

Color #9974b9 mixed toward black.

#8054a7

#674385

#4d3264

#332243

#1a1121

Tints

Color #9974b9 mixed toward white.

#aa8bc5

#bba2d0

#ccb9dc

#ddd1e8

#eee8f3

Tones

Color #9974b9 mixed toward gray.

#997ab3

#987fad

#9885a8

#978ba2

#97919c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.55:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8aac · ΔE 11.3

Deuteranopia

#8d8fa8 · ΔE 14.1

Tritanopia

#97a09d · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9974b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9974b9]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#9974b9 (#9974b9) is rgb(153, 116, 185) in RGB.

No, #9974b9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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