#9859bd

Color #9859bd

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 11.87 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9859bd

RGB

rgb(152, 89, 189)

HSL

hsl(277.8, 43.1%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.8, 52.9%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.6%, 52.9%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(48.88, 43.7, -42.6)

LCH

lch(48.88, 61.03, 315.73)

OKLCH

oklch(57.8%, 0.1591, 311.48)

HWB

hwb(277.8, 34.9%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7ebd59

Analogous

#6659bd

#9859bd

#bd59b0

Triadic

#9859bd

#bd9859

#59bd98

Split-complementary

#9859bd

#b0bd59

#59bd66

Tetradic

#9859bd

#bd597e

#7ebd59

#59bd98

Square

#9859bd

#bd6659

#7ebd59

#59b0bd

Shades

Color #9859bd mixed toward black.

#8142a6

#673585

#4d2863

#341a42

#1a0d21

Tints

Color #9859bd mixed toward white.

#a975c8

#ba90d3

#cbacde

#ddc8e9

#eee3f4

Tones

Color #9859bd mixed toward gray.

#9661b5

#946aac

#9172a4

#8f7a9c

#8d8393

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.5:1

White text reads better on this background (4.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8181ac · ΔE 15.9

Deuteranopia

#8589a7 · ΔE 18.9

Tritanopia

#969c98 · ΔE 30.7

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 26

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9859bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9859bd]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9859bd (#9859bd) is rgb(152, 89, 189) in RGB.

No, #9859bd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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