#9178cb

Color #9178cb

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 13.95 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9178cb

RGB

rgb(145, 120, 203)

HSL

hsl(258.1, 44.4%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.1, 40.9%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.6%, 40.9%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(55.85, 27.56, -39.67)

LCH

lch(55.85, 48.3, 304.79)

OKLCH

oklch(63%, 0.124, 296.54)

HWB

hwb(258.1, 47.1%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b2cb78

Analogous

#7888cb

#9178cb

#ba78cb

Triadic

#9178cb

#cb9178

#78cb91

Split-complementary

#9178cb

#cbba78

#88cb78

Tetradic

#9178cb

#cb78b2

#b2cb78

#78cb91

Square

#9178cb

#cb7888

#b2cb78

#78cbba

Shades

Color #9178cb mixed toward black.

#7151bc

#593c9b

#422d75

#2c1e4e

#160f27

Tints

Color #9178cb mixed toward white.

#a38ed4

#b6a5dc

#c8bbe5

#dad2ee

#ede8f6

Tones

Color #9178cb mixed toward gray.

#947fc4

#9686bd

#998db6

#9c94af

#9f9aa8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8787bb · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#888ab7 · ΔE 8.9

Tritanopia

#90adaa · ΔE 27.5

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 23.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9178cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9178cb]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#9178cb (#9178cb) is rgb(145, 120, 203) in RGB.

No, #9178cb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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