#9000aa

Color #9000aa

A vivid, highly saturated dark magenta.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 11.22 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-800 #8a0194 · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9000aa

RGB

rgb(144, 0, 170)

HSL

hsl(290.8, 100%, 33.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(290.8, 100%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.3%, 100%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(35.66, 68.43, -52.65)

LCH

lch(35.66, 86.34, 322.43)

OKLCH

oklch(47.7%, 0.2291, 319.66)

HWB

hwb(290.8, 0%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1aaa00

Analogous

#3b00aa

#9000aa

#aa006f

Triadic

#9000aa

#aa9000

#00aa90

Split-complementary

#9000aa

#6faa00

#00aa3b

Tetradic

#9000aa

#aa001a

#1aaa00

#00aa90

Square

#9000aa

#aa3b00

#1aaa00

#006faa

Shades

Color #9000aa mixed toward black.

#78008e

#600071

#480055

#300039

#18001c

Tints

Color #9000aa mixed toward white.

#c000e3

#dc1cff

#e555ff

#ee8eff

#f6c6ff

Tones

Color #9000aa mixed toward gray.

#860e9c

#7c1c8e

#722a7f

#693971

#5f4763

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.77:1

White text reads better on this background (7.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6e96 · ΔE 23.8

Deuteranopia

#747a91 · ΔE 27.8

Tritanopia

#8d837f · ΔE 36.1

Achromatopsia

#545454 · ΔE 29.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9000aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9000aa]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Frequently asked questions

#9000aa (#9000aa) is rgb(144, 0, 170) in RGB.

No, #9000aa 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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