#990bf0

Color #990bf0

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 12.23 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 1.4

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Conversions

HEX

#990bf0

RGB

rgb(153, 11, 240)

HSL

hsl(277.2, 91.2%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.2, 95.4%, 94.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.3%, 95.4%, 0%, 5.9%)

LAB

lab(43.22, 81.29, -80.94)

LCH

lch(43.22, 114.71, 315.12)

OKLCH

oklch(54.9%, 0.2813, 304.75)

HWB

hwb(277.2, 4.3%, 5.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#62f00b

Analogous

#270bf0

#990bf0

#f00bd4

Triadic

#990bf0

#f0990b

#0bf099

Split-complementary

#990bf0

#d4f00b

#0bf027

Tetradic

#990bf0

#f00b62

#62f00b

#0bf099

Square

#990bf0

#f0270b

#62f00b

#0bd4f0

Shades

Color #990bf0 mixed toward black.

#7f09c8

#6607a0

#4c0678

#330450

#190228

Tints

Color #990bf0 mixed toward white.

#ab31f6

#bc5af7

#cc83f9

#ddacfb

#eed6fd

Tones

Color #990bf0 mixed toward gray.

#941edd

#9031ca

#8b44b7

#8757a4

#826a91

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.66:1

White text reads better on this background (5.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7675d4 · ΔE 19.6

Deuteranopia

#7c82cd · ΔE 23.9

Tritanopia

#96bbb4 · ΔE 42.7

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 32

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Code

CSS

background-color: #990bf0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#990bf0]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#990bf0 (#990bf0) is rgb(153, 11, 240) in RGB.

No, #990bf0 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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