#997ea6

Color #997ea6

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 21.19 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12.4

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Conversions

HEX

#997ea6

RGB

rgb(153, 126, 166)

HSL

hsl(280.5, 18.3%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.5, 24.1%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.8%, 24.1%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(56.53, 17.98, -17.39)

LCH

lch(56.53, 25.01, 315.96)

OKLCH

oklch(63.2%, 0.0663, 314.63)

HWB

hwb(280.5, 49.4%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ba67e

Analogous

#857ea6

#997ea6

#a67e9f

Triadic

#997ea6

#a6997e

#7ea699

Split-complementary

#997ea6

#9fa67e

#7ea685

Tetradic

#997ea6

#a67e8b

#8ba67e

#7ea699

Square

#997ea6

#a6857e

#8ba67e

#7e9fa6

Shades

Color #997ea6 mixed toward black.

#826390

#685073

#4e3c56

#34283a

#1a141d

Tints

Color #997ea6 mixed toward white.

#aa94b5

#bba9c4

#ccbfd3

#ddd4e1

#eeeaf0

Tones

Color #997ea6 mixed toward gray.

#9882a3

#97859f

#96889c

#948b99

#938f95

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8e9e · ΔE 12.7

Deuteranopia

#90929b · ΔE 15.9

Tritanopia

#989695 · ΔE 19.1

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 18.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #997ea6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#997ea6]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#997ea6 (#997ea6) is rgb(153, 126, 166) in RGB.

No, #997ea6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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