#9961be

Color #9961be

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 11.14 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 10.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9961be

RGB

rgb(153, 97, 190)

HSL

hsl(276.1, 41.7%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.1, 48.9%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.5%, 48.9%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(50.73, 39.83, -40.24)

LCH

lch(50.73, 56.62, 314.71)

OKLCH

oklch(59.2%, 0.1475, 310.41)

HWB

hwb(276.1, 38%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#86be61

Analogous

#6b61be

#9961be

#be61b5

Triadic

#9961be

#be9961

#61be99

Split-complementary

#9961be

#b5be61

#61be6b

Tetradic

#9961be

#be6186

#86be61

#61be99

Square

#9961be

#be6b61

#86be61

#61b5be

Shades

Color #9961be mixed toward black.

#8246aa

#683888

#4e2a66

#341c44

#1a0e22

Tints

Color #9961be mixed toward white.

#aa7bc9

#bb96d4

#ccb0df

#ddcae9

#eee5f4

Tones

Color #9961be mixed toward gray.

#9769b6

#9671af

#9478a7

#93809f

#918897

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8484ad · ΔE 14.7

Deuteranopia

#878ba9 · ΔE 17.4

Tritanopia

#979e9b · ΔE 28.5

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 25.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9961be;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9961be]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9961be (#9961be) is rgb(153, 97, 190) in RGB.

No, #9961be is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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