#915cab

Color #915cab

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 17.73 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 12.6

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Conversions

HEX

#915cab

RGB

rgb(145, 92, 171)

HSL

hsl(280.3, 32%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.3, 46.2%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.2%, 46.2%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(47.77, 36.04, -33.91)

LCH

lch(47.77, 49.49, 316.74)

OKLCH

oklch(56.5%, 0.1303, 313.79)

HWB

hwb(280.3, 36.1%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#76ab5c

Analogous

#6a5cab

#915cab

#ab5c9e

Triadic

#915cab

#ab915c

#5cab91

Split-complementary

#915cab

#9eab5c

#5cab6a

Tetradic

#915cab

#ab5c76

#76ab5c

#5cab91

Square

#915cab

#ab6a5c

#76ab5c

#5c9eab

Shades

Color #915cab mixed toward black.

#7a4b91

#613c74

#492d57

#311e3a

#180f1d

Tints

Color #915cab mixed toward white.

#a377b9

#b692c7

#c8aed5

#dac9e3

#ede4f1

Tones

Color #915cab mixed toward gray.

#8f63a4

#8d699e

#8a7097

#887691

#867d8a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.32:1

White text reads better on this background (4.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7d9c · ΔE 15.2

Deuteranopia

#808499 · ΔE 18.3

Tritanopia

#8f908d · ΔE 29.8

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 24.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #915cab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#915cab]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#915cab (#915cab) is rgb(145, 92, 171) in RGB.

No, #915cab 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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