#9700e1

Color #9700e1

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 6.3 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9700e1

RGB

rgb(151, 0, 225)

HSL

hsl(280.3, 100%, 44.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.3, 100%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.9%, 100%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(41.24, 79.3, -75.67)

LCH

lch(41.24, 109.61, 316.34)

OKLCH

oklch(53.1%, 0.272, 307.53)

HWB

hwb(280.3, 0%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4ae100

Analogous

#2700e1

#9700e1

#e100ba

Triadic

#9700e1

#e19700

#00e197

Split-complementary

#9700e1

#bae100

#00e127

Tetradic

#9700e1

#e1004a

#4ae100

#00e197

Square

#9700e1

#e12700

#4ae100

#00bae1

Shades

Color #9700e1 mixed toward black.

#7e00bb

#650096

#4c0070

#32004b

#190025

Tints

Color #9700e1 mixed toward white.

#b111ff

#c141ff

#d070ff

#e0a0ff

#efcfff

Tones

Color #9700e1 mixed toward gray.

#9113ce

#8a25bb

#8438a9

#7d4b96

#775e83

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.4:1

White text reads better on this background (6.17:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7473c7 · ΔE 20.6

Deuteranopia

#7a80c0 · ΔE 25

Tritanopia

#94afa9 · ΔE 41.3

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 31.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9700e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9700e1]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9700e1 (#9700e1) is rgb(151, 0, 225) in RGB.

No, #9700e1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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