#926DA8

A medium, muted purple closely aligning with Plum.

About #926DA8

Visually, #926DA8 is defined as a muted purple. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Plum. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 146, 109, and 168.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 13% cyan and 35% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 277.6 degrees, it sits comfortably in the purple spectrum.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#926DA8
RGB146, 109, 168
HSL277.6°, 25.3%, 54.3%
CMYK13%, 35%, 0%, 34%
HSV277.6°, 35.1%, 65.9%
LAB51.7, 25.9, -26.0
XYZ24.4, 19.9, 39.6
Decimal9596328

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.22:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
4.98:1
Text on #000000
AA
4.03:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
4.23:1
Text on #0F172A
AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #926DA8; }
.text-color { color: #926DA8; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #926DA8; }

Similar Colors

Plum
#DDA0DD