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Home/Colors/#9E97B1

Nearest named color · #9E97B1

#9E97B1

Nearest named color: Machinery

#9E97B1 (rgb(158 151 177), hsl(256 14% 64%), oklch(0.691 0.038 297.7)) is closest to the named color Machinery. See tints, shades, harmonies, WCAG & APCA contrast, and CSS, Tailwind v4 & SCSS code.

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#9E97B1

oklch(0.691 0.038 297.7)

Color conversions

HEX
#9e97b1
RGB
rgb(158 151 177)
HSL
hsl(256 14% 64%)
HWB
hwb(256 59% 31%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.691 0.038 297.7)
OKLab
oklab(0.691 0.018 -0.034)
CIE Lab
lab(63.72 6.54 -12.65)
LCH
lch(63.72 14.24 297.3)
CMYK
cmyk(11% 15% 0% 31%)

Tints · Shades · Tones

Tints

  • A7A1B9
  • B1ABC0
  • BAB5C8
  • C4BFD0
  • CDCAD8
  • D7D4DF
  • E1DFE7
  • EBE9EF
  • F5F4F7

Shades

  • 898399
  • 746F83
  • 605C6C
  • 4D4957
  • 3A3742
  • 29262F
  • 18171C
  • 09080C
  • 010101

Tones

  • 9B95AC
  • 9892A7
  • 9590A2
  • 928E9D
  • 8F8C98
  • 8C8993
  • 89878F
  • 86858A
  • 838285

Color harmonies

Complementary +180°

  • 9E97B1

    Machinery

  • 999F85

    ≈ Herbalist

Analogous -30° +30°

  • 9E97B1

    Machinery

  • 919BB4

    ≈ Periwinkle Dusk

  • A994A8

    ≈ Garden Flower

Triadic +120° +240°

  • 9E97B1

    Machinery

  • AF9685

    ≈ Mexican Sand

  • 83A49B

    ≈ Beckett

Split-complementary +150° +210°

  • 9E97B1

    Machinery

  • A69B81

    ≈ Worn Khaki

  • 8CA38E

    ≈ Envy

Tetradic +90° +180° +270°

  • 9E97B1

    Machinery

  • B2938F

    ≈ Thatch

  • 999F85

    ≈ Herbalist

  • 80A3A8

    ≈ Tourmaline

Contrast & accessibility

Ag

On white

WCAG 2.79:1 · APCA Lc 54

Fail
Ag

On black

WCAG 7.51:1 · APCA Lc 48

AAA

Best text color: #000000

WCAG 7.51:1 (AAA) · APCA Lc 48

Contrast pairs

  • #9E97B1 / #FFFFFF
  • #9E97B1 / #000000
  • #FFFFFF / #9E97B1
  • #000000 / #9E97B1

Code snippets

CSS

:root {
  --machinery: #9e97b1;
  --machinery-rgb: 158 151 177;
  --machinery-oklch: oklch(0.691 0.038 297.7);
}

.element {
  color: var(--machinery);
  background-color: hsl(256 14% 64%);
  border-color: oklch(0.691 0.038 297.7);
}

Tailwind CSS v4

@theme {
  --color-machinery: #9e97b1;
  --color-machinery-50: #f6f3ff;
  --color-machinery-100: #e9e5f3;
  --color-machinery-200: #d6d1e3;
  --color-machinery-300: #bab3c9;
  --color-machinery-400: #a19ab3;
  --color-machinery-500: #89819d;
  --color-machinery-600: #746d85;
  --color-machinery-700: #5d576a;
  --color-machinery-800: #43404e;
  --color-machinery-900: #2e2c37;
  --color-machinery-950: #1b1921;
}

SCSS

$machinery: #9e97b1;
$machinery-rgb: 158, 151, 177;
$machinery-light: mix(#fff, $machinery, 20%);
$machinery-dark: mix(#000, $machinery, 20%);

.element {
  color: $machinery;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px rgba($machinery, 0.35);
}

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  • 9C96AF

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  • 9996B3

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  • 9899B0

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  • 9B95A9

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  • 9D9CB4

    Logan

  • 9F99AA

    Lavender Aura

  • 9497B3

    Frosty Nightfall

  • 9999AA

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  • 9A93A9

    Lilac Blossom

  • 9E91AE

    Compliment

  • 9998A7

    Lavender Ash

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