#7909bd

Color #7909bd

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 10.81 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#7909bd

RGB

rgb(121, 9, 189)

HSL

hsl(277.3, 90.9%, 38.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.3, 95.2%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(36%, 95.2%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(33.85, 67.77, -67.07)

LCH

lch(33.85, 95.35, 315.3)

OKLCH

oklch(46.2%, 0.2345, 305.26)

HWB

hwb(277.3, 3.5%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4dbd09

Analogous

#1f09bd

#7909bd

#bd09a7

Triadic

#7909bd

#bd7909

#09bd79

Split-complementary

#7909bd

#a7bd09

#09bd1f

Tetradic

#7909bd

#bd094d

#4dbd09

#09bd79

Square

#7909bd

#bd1f09

#4dbd09

#09a7bd

Shades

Color #7909bd mixed toward black.

#65089d

#51067e

#3c055e

#28033f

#14021f

Tints

Color #7909bd mixed toward white.

#990bef

#ae38f6

#c26af8

#d69cfa

#ebcdfd

Tones

Color #7909bd mixed toward gray.

#7518ae

#72279f

#6e3690

#6a4581

#675472

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.59:1

White text reads better on this background (8.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5ca7 · ΔE 17.4

Deuteranopia

#6167a1 · ΔE 21.2

Tritanopia

#76938e · ΔE 38.6

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 30.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7909bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7909bd]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#7909bd (#7909bd) is rgb(121, 9, 189) in RGB.

No, #7909bd is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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