#9840cf

Color #9840cf

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 5.77 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9840cf

RGB

rgb(152, 64, 207)

HSL

hsl(276.9, 59.8%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.9, 69.1%, 81.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.6%, 69.1%, 0%, 18.8%)

LAB

lab(45.42, 59.99, -58.53)

LCH

lch(45.42, 83.81, 315.71)

OKLCH

oklch(55.6%, 0.214, 309.25)

HWB

hwb(276.9, 25.1%, 18.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#77cf40

Analogous

#5040cf

#9840cf

#cf40be

Triadic

#9840cf

#cf9840

#40cf98

Split-complementary

#9840cf

#becf40

#40cf50

Tetradic

#9840cf

#cf4077

#77cf40

#40cf98

Square

#9840cf

#cf5040

#77cf40

#40becf

Shades

Color #9840cf mixed toward black.

#802db4

#672490

#4d1b6c

#331248

#1a0924

Tints

Color #9840cf mixed toward white.

#a960d7

#ba80df

#cb9fe7

#ddbfef

#eedff7

Tones

Color #9840cf mixed toward gray.

#954cc3

#9258b7

#9064ab

#8d709f

#8a7b93

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.97:1

White text reads better on this background (5.29:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7bb9 · ΔE 18.3

Deuteranopia

#8085b3 · ΔE 21.8

Tritanopia

#95a5a0 · ΔE 35.4

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 29.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9840cf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9840cf]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9840cf (#9840cf) is rgb(152, 64, 207) in RGB.

No, #9840cf 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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