#9242cb

Color #9242cb

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 8.7 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9242cb

RGB

rgb(146, 66, 203)

HSL

hsl(275, 56.8%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275, 67.5%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.1%, 67.5%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(44.69, 56.97, -57.45)

LCH

lch(44.69, 80.91, 314.76)

OKLCH

oklch(54.8%, 0.2057, 307.73)

HWB

hwb(275, 25.9%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7bcb42

Analogous

#4d42cb

#9242cb

#cb42bf

Triadic

#9242cb

#cb9242

#42cb92

Split-complementary

#9242cb

#bfcb42

#42cb4d

Tetradic

#9242cb

#cb427b

#7bcb42

#42cb92

Square

#9242cb

#cb4d42

#7bcb42

#42bfcb

Shades

Color #9242cb mixed toward black.

#7b30b0

#62278c

#4a1d69

#311346

#190a23

Tints

Color #9242cb mixed toward white.

#a461d4

#b681dc

#c8a0e5

#dbc0ee

#eddff6

Tones

Color #9242cb mixed toward gray.

#904dbf

#8e59b4

#8c64a9

#8a709d

#887b92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.86:1

White text reads better on this background (5.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7877b6 · ΔE 17

Deuteranopia

#7c80b0 · ΔE 20.3

Tritanopia

#8fa29d · ΔE 34.9

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 28.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9242cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9242cb]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9242cb (#9242cb) is rgb(146, 66, 203) in RGB.

No, #9242cb 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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