#953cce

Color #953cce

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 4.38 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#953cce

RGB

rgb(149, 60, 206)

HSL

hsl(276.6, 59.8%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.6, 70.9%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.7%, 70.9%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(44.34, 60.89, -59.72)

LCH

lch(44.34, 85.29, 315.56)

OKLCH

oklch(54.7%, 0.217, 308.71)

HWB

hwb(276.6, 23.5%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#75ce3c

Analogous

#4c3cce

#953cce

#ce3cbe

Triadic

#953cce

#ce953c

#3cce95

Split-complementary

#953cce

#bece3c

#3cce4c

Tetradic

#953cce

#ce3c75

#75ce3c

#3cce95

Square

#953cce

#ce4c3c

#75ce3c

#3cbece

Shades

Color #953cce mixed toward black.

#7e2db1

#64248e

#4b1b6a

#321247

#190923

Tints

Color #953cce mixed toward white.

#a75dd6

#b87dde

#ca9ee7

#dcbeef

#eddff7

Tones

Color #953cce mixed toward gray.

#9248c2

#9055b6

#8d61aa

#8a6d9d

#887991

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.82:1

White text reads better on this background (5.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7978b8 · ΔE 18.2

Deuteranopia

#7d82b2 · ΔE 21.7

Tritanopia

#92a49f · ΔE 35.8

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 29.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #953cce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#953cce]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#953cce (#953cce) is rgb(149, 60, 206) in RGB.

No, #953cce 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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