#9840b5

Color #9840b5

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 10.95 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9840b5

RGB

rgb(152, 64, 181)

HSL

hsl(285.1, 47.8%, 48%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285.1, 64.6%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(16%, 64.6%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(43.77, 54.5, -46.07)

LCH

lch(43.77, 71.36, 319.79)

OKLCH

oklch(53.9%, 0.1885, 316.76)

HWB

hwb(285.1, 25.1%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5db540

Analogous

#5d40b5

#9840b5

#b54097

Triadic

#9840b5

#b59840

#40b598

Split-complementary

#9840b5

#97b540

#40b55d

Tetradic

#9840b5

#b5405d

#5db540

#40b598

Square

#9840b5

#b55d40

#5db540

#4097b5

Shades

Color #9840b5 mixed toward black.

#7f3597

#652b79

#4c205a

#33153c

#190b1e

Tints

Color #9840b5 mixed toward white.

#ab5cc5

#bc7cd1

#cd9ddc

#ddbee8

#eedef3

Tones

Color #9840b5 mixed toward gray.

#934aab

#8e53a1

#895d98

#84678e

#7f7184

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.74:1

White text reads better on this background (5.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7ba2 · ΔE 20.2

Deuteranopia

#80859d · ΔE 23.9

Tritanopia

#95918d · ΔE 34.1

Achromatopsia

#676767 · ΔE 27.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9840b5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9840b5]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#9840b5 (#9840b5) is rgb(152, 64, 181) in RGB.

No, #9840b5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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