#9e949c

Color #9e949c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.07 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9e949c

RGB

rgb(158, 148, 156)

HSL

hsl(312, 4.9%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(312, 6.3%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 1.3%, 38%)

LAB

lab(62.38, 5.18, -2.88)

LCH

lch(62.38, 5.93, 330.93)

OKLCH

oklch(67.8%, 0.0164, 332.34)

HWB

hwb(312, 58%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#949e96

Analogous

#9b949e

#9e949c

#9e9497

Triadic

#9e949c

#9c9e94

#949c9e

Split-complementary

#9e949c

#979e94

#949e9b

Tetradic

#9e949c

#9e9694

#949e96

#949c9e

Square

#9e949c

#9e9b94

#949e96

#94979e

Shades

Color #9e949c mixed toward black.

#867983

#6b6169

#50494f

#353134

#1b181a

Tints

Color #9e949c mixed toward white.

#aea6ac

#beb8bd

#cecacd

#dfdbde

#efedee

Tones

Color #9e949c mixed toward gray.

#9d959b

#9c969b

#9b979a

#9a9899

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#9a9b9a · ΔE 8.2

Tritanopia

#9e9998 · ΔE 5.7

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9e949c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e949c]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Frequently asked questions

#9e949c (#9e949c) is rgb(158, 148, 156) in RGB.

No, #9e949c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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