#953ead

Color #953ead

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 13.25 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#953ead

RGB

rgb(149, 62, 173)

HSL

hsl(287, 47.2%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(287, 64.2%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.9%, 64.2%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(42.54, 53.07, -43.33)

LCH

lch(42.54, 68.51, 320.77)

OKLCH

oklch(52.8%, 0.1822, 318.29)

HWB

hwb(287, 24.3%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#56ad3e

Analogous

#5e3ead

#953ead

#ad3e8e

Triadic

#953ead

#ad953e

#3ead95

Split-complementary

#953ead

#8ead3e

#3ead5e

Tetradic

#953ead

#ad3e56

#56ad3e

#3ead95

Square

#953ead

#ad5e3e

#56ad3e

#3e8ead

Shades

Color #953ead mixed toward black.

#7c3490

#632973

#4a1f57

#32153a

#190a1d

Tints

Color #953ead mixed toward white.

#ab56c3

#bc78cf

#cd9adb

#ddbce7

#eeddf3

Tones

Color #953ead mixed toward gray.

#9047a4

#8b519b

#855a91

#806388

#7b6c7f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.57:1

White text reads better on this background (5.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#79789b · ΔE 20.4

Deuteranopia

#7d8296 · ΔE 24

Tritanopia

#928b87 · ΔE 32.9

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 27.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #953ead;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#953ead]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#953ead (#953ead) is rgb(149, 62, 173) in RGB.

No, #953ead 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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