#9d96a6

Color #9d96a6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.19 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9d96a6

RGB

rgb(157, 150, 166)

HSL

hsl(266.3, 8.2%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(266.3, 9.6%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.4%, 9.6%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(63.12, 5.67, -7.45)

LCH

lch(63.12, 9.36, 307.27)

OKLCH

oklch(68.4%, 0.0244, 305.51)

HWB

hwb(266.3, 58.8%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fa696

Analogous

#9697a6

#9d96a6

#a596a6

Triadic

#9d96a6

#a69d96

#96a69d

Split-complementary

#9d96a6

#a6a596

#97a696

Tetradic

#9d96a6

#a6969f

#9fa696

#96a69d

Square

#9d96a6

#a69697

#9fa696

#96a6a5

Shades

Color #9d96a6 mixed toward black.

#837a8e

#686172

#4e4956

#343039

#1a181d

Tints

Color #9d96a6 mixed toward white.

#ada8b5

#beb9c4

#cecbd3

#dedce1

#efeef0

Tones

Color #9d96a6 mixed toward gray.

#9d97a5

#9d99a3

#9e9aa2

#9e9ba1

#9e9d9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9aa2 · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#9a9ba1 · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#9d9f9f · ΔE 9.9

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9d96a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9d96a6]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#9d96a6 (#9d96a6) is rgb(157, 150, 166) in RGB.

No, #9d96a6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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