#9c7ea3

Color #9c7ea3

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 21.09 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9c7ea3

RGB

rgb(156, 126, 163)

HSL

hsl(288.6, 16.7%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.6, 22.7%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.3%, 22.7%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(56.72, 18.39, -15.36)

LCH

lch(56.72, 23.96, 320.13)

OKLCH

oklch(63.4%, 0.0644, 319.85)

HWB

hwb(288.6, 49.4%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#85a37e

Analogous

#8a7ea3

#9c7ea3

#a37e98

Triadic

#9c7ea3

#a39c7e

#7ea39c

Split-complementary

#9c7ea3

#98a37e

#7ea38a

Tetradic

#9c7ea3

#a37e85

#85a37e

#7ea39c

Square

#9c7ea3

#a38a7e

#85a37e

#7e98a3

Shades

Color #9c7ea3 mixed toward black.

#85648d

#6a5070

#503c54

#352838

#1b141c

Tints

Color #9c7ea3 mixed toward white.

#ad94b2

#bda9c2

#cebfd1

#ded4e0

#efeaf0

Tones

Color #9c7ea3 mixed toward gray.

#9a81a0

#98849d

#96879a

#948a97

#928e94

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#90909b · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#929499 · ΔE 17.5

Tritanopia

#9b9493 · ΔE 17.4

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 18.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c7ea3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c7ea3]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#9c7ea3 (#9c7ea3) is rgb(156, 126, 163) in RGB.

No, #9c7ea3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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