#9983A0

A medium, muted magenta closely aligning with Lightslategray.

About #9983A0

Visually, #9983A0 is defined as a muted magenta. Designers often compare it to the standard color Lightslategray. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 153, 131, and 160.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 4% cyan and 18% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 285.5 degrees, it sits comfortably in the magenta spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. 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#9983A0
RGB153, 131, 160
HSL285.5°, 13.2%, 57.1%
CMYK4%, 18%, 0%, 37%
HSV285.5°, 18.1%, 62.7%
LAB57.6, 13.8, -12.3
XYZ27.6, 25.5, 36.7
Decimal10060704

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.44:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
6.11:1
Text on #000000
AA
3.29:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
5.19:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #9983A0; }
.text-color { color: #9983A0; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #9983A0; }

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