#956dd9

Color #956dd9

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 1.82 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#956dd9

RGB

rgb(149, 109, 217)

HSL

hsl(262.2, 58.7%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.2, 49.8%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.3%, 49.8%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(54.38, 38.51, -49.89)

LCH

lch(54.38, 63.02, 307.66)

OKLCH

oklch(62.3%, 0.1604, 298.74)

HWB

hwb(262.2, 42.7%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1d96d

Analogous

#6d7bd9

#956dd9

#cb6dd9

Triadic

#956dd9

#d9956d

#6dd995

Split-complementary

#956dd9

#d9cb6d

#7bd96d

Tetradic

#956dd9

#d96db1

#b1d96d

#6dd995

Square

#956dd9

#d96d7b

#b1d96d

#6dd9cb

Shades

Color #956dd9 mixed toward black.

#7642ce

#5c2dac

#452281

#2e1656

#170b2b

Tints

Color #956dd9 mixed toward white.

#a785df

#b89ee6

#cab6ec

#dccef2

#ede7f9

Tones

Color #956dd9 mixed toward gray.

#9776d0

#9a7fc7

#9c88be

#9e91b5

#a19aac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.47:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8685c6 · ΔE 9.8

Deuteranopia

#888bc1 · ΔE 12

Tritanopia

#93b5b1 · ΔE 31.1

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 26.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #956dd9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#956dd9]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#956dd9 (#956dd9) is rgb(149, 109, 217) in RGB.

No, #956dd9 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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