#9949c4

Color #9949c4

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 9.65 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9949c4

RGB

rgb(153, 73, 196)

HSL

hsl(279, 51%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279, 62.8%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.9%, 62.8%, 0%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(46.34, 53.68, -50.69)

LCH

lch(46.34, 73.83, 316.64)

OKLCH

oklch(56.1%, 0.1913, 311.76)

HWB

hwb(279, 28.6%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#74c449

Analogous

#5b49c4

#9949c4

#c449b1

Triadic

#9949c4

#c49949

#49c499

Split-complementary

#9949c4

#b1c449

#49c45b

Tetradic

#9949c4

#c44974

#74c449

#49c499

Square

#9949c4

#c45b49

#74c449

#49b1c4

Shades

Color #9949c4 mixed toward black.

#8137a9

#672c87

#4d2165

#341644

#1a0b22

Tints

Color #9949c4 mixed toward white.

#aa67ce

#bb86d8

#cca4e1

#ddc2eb

#eee1f5

Tones

Color #9949c4 mixed toward gray.

#9653ba

#935daf

#9068a5

#8d729b

#897c91

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.1:1

White text reads better on this background (5.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7eb0 · ΔE 18.3

Deuteranopia

#8287ab · ΔE 21.4

Tritanopia

#969e9a · ΔE 33.3

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 27.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9949c4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9949c4]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9949c4 (#9949c4) is rgb(153, 73, 196) in RGB.

No, #9949c4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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