#9657bd

Color #9657bd

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 11.92 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9657bd

RGB

rgb(150, 87, 189)

HSL

hsl(277.1, 43.6%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.1, 54%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.6%, 54%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(48.23, 44.23, -43.65)

LCH

lch(48.23, 62.14, 315.38)

OKLCH

oklch(57.2%, 0.1616, 310.81)

HWB

hwb(277.1, 34.1%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7ebd57

Analogous

#6357bd

#9657bd

#bd57b1

Triadic

#9657bd

#bd9657

#57bd96

Split-complementary

#9657bd

#b1bd57

#57bd63

Tetradic

#9657bd

#bd577e

#7ebd57

#57bd96

Square

#9657bd

#bd6357

#7ebd57

#57b1bd

Shades

Color #9657bd mixed toward black.

#7f41a5

#653484

#4c2763

#331a42

#190d21

Tints

Color #9657bd mixed toward white.

#a873c8

#b98fd3

#cbabde

#dcc7e9

#eee3f4

Tones

Color #9657bd mixed toward gray.

#945fb4

#9268ac

#9070a3

#8e799b

#8c8192

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.39:1

White text reads better on this background (4.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#807fab · ΔE 15.7

Deuteranopia

#8387a7 · ΔE 18.7

Tritanopia

#949b98 · ΔE 29.9

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 26.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9657bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9657bd]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9657bd (#9657bd) is rgb(150, 87, 189) in RGB.

No, #9657bd 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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