#9017ea

Color #9017ea

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 9 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9017ea

RGB

rgb(144, 23, 234)

HSL

hsl(274.4, 83.4%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.4, 90.2%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.5%, 90.2%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(41.97, 77.4, -79.63)

LCH

lch(41.97, 111.05, 314.19)

OKLCH

oklch(53.6%, 0.2707, 302.74)

HWB

hwb(274.4, 9%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#71ea17

Analogous

#2717ea

#9017ea

#ea17db

Triadic

#9017ea

#ea9017

#17ea90

Split-complementary

#9017ea

#dbea17

#17ea27

Tetradic

#9017ea

#ea1771

#71ea17

#17ea90

Square

#9017ea

#ea2717

#71ea17

#17dbea

Shades

Color #9017ea mixed toward black.

#7812c4

#600e9d

#480b76

#30074f

#180427

Tints

Color #9017ea mixed toward white.

#a23eee

#b564f1

#c78bf5

#dab2f8

#ecd8fc

Tones

Color #9017ea mixed toward gray.

#8d29d8

#8b3ac7

#884cb5

#865da4

#836f92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.5:1

White text reads better on this background (6.01:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#706fcf · ΔE 18.1

Deuteranopia

#757bc8 · ΔE 22.1

Tritanopia

#8db6b0 · ΔE 42.2

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 31.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9017ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9017ea]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9017ea (#9017ea) is rgb(144, 23, 234) in RGB.

No, #9017ea 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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