#9f87a7

Color #9f87a7

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 17.84 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9f87a7

RGB

rgb(159, 135, 167)

HSL

hsl(285, 15.4%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285, 19.2%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.8%, 19.2%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(59.42, 15.08, -13.53)

LCH

lch(59.42, 20.26, 318.1)

OKLCH

oklch(65.6%, 0.0542, 317.62)

HWB

hwb(285, 52.9%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8fa787

Analogous

#8f87a7

#9f87a7

#a7879f

Triadic

#9f87a7

#a79f87

#87a79f

Split-complementary

#9f87a7

#9fa787

#87a78f

Tetradic

#9f87a7

#a7878f

#8fa787

#87a79f

Square

#9f87a7

#a78f87

#8fa787

#879fa7

Shades

Color #9f87a7 mixed toward black.

#876a91

#6c5574

#514057

#362b3a

#1b151d

Tints

Color #9f87a7 mixed toward white.

#af9bb6

#bfafc4

#cfc3d3

#dfd7e2

#efebf0

Tones

Color #9f87a7 mixed toward gray.

#9e8aa4

#9c8ca2

#9b8f9f

#9a929c

#98949a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9595a0 · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#97989e · ΔE 14.7

Tritanopia

#9e9a99 · ΔE 16.2

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 16.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f87a7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f87a7]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#9f87a7 (#9f87a7) is rgb(159, 135, 167) in RGB.

No, #9f87a7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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