#9984a4

Color #9984a4

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 16.74 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9984a4

RGB

rgb(153, 132, 164)

HSL

hsl(279.4, 15%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.4, 19.5%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.7%, 19.5%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(57.99, 14.1, -14.03)

LCH

lch(57.99, 19.89, 315.14)

OKLCH

oklch(64.3%, 0.0527, 314)

HWB

hwb(279.4, 51.8%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8fa484

Analogous

#8984a4

#9984a4

#a4849f

Triadic

#9984a4

#a49984

#84a499

Split-complementary

#9984a4

#9fa484

#84a489

Tetradic

#9984a4

#a4848f

#8fa484

#84a499

Square

#9984a4

#a48984

#8fa484

#849fa4

Shades

Color #9984a4 mixed toward black.

#81698e

#675471

#4d3f55

#342a39

#1a151c

Tints

Color #9984a4 mixed toward white.

#aa98b3

#bbadc2

#ccc1d1

#ddd6e1

#eeeaf0

Tones

Color #9984a4 mixed toward gray.

#9887a1

#97899f

#968c9c

#968f99

#959197

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.19:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#90909d · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#92939b · ΔE 13.4

Tritanopia

#989796 · ΔE 16.9

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 16.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9984a4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9984a4]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9984a4 (#9984a4) is rgb(153, 132, 164) in RGB.

No, #9984a4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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