#990bef

Color #990bef

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 11.77 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#990bef

RGB

rgb(153, 11, 239)

HSL

hsl(277.4, 91.2%, 49%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.4, 95.4%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(36%, 95.4%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(43.13, 81.1, -80.52)

LCH

lch(43.13, 114.28, 315.21)

OKLCH

oklch(54.8%, 0.2805, 304.95)

HWB

hwb(277.4, 4.3%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#61ef0b

Analogous

#270bef

#990bef

#ef0bd3

Triadic

#990bef

#ef990b

#0bef99

Split-complementary

#990bef

#d3ef0b

#0bef27

Tetradic

#990bef

#ef0b61

#61ef0b

#0bef99

Square

#990bef

#ef270b

#61ef0b

#0bd3ef

Shades

Color #990bef mixed toward black.

#8009c7

#66079f

#4d0577

#330450

#1a0228

Tints

Color #990bef mixed toward white.

#ab30f5

#bc59f7

#cd83f9

#ddacfb

#eed6fd

Tones

Color #990bef mixed toward gray.

#941edc

#9031c9

#8b44b6

#8657a3

#826a90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.65:1

White text reads better on this background (5.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7675d4 · ΔE 19.7

Deuteranopia

#7c82cc · ΔE 24

Tritanopia

#96bab4 · ΔE 41.9

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 32

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #990bef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#990bef]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#990bef (#990bef) is rgb(153, 11, 239) in RGB.

No, #990bef 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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