#9963b1

Color #9963b1

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 17.66 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 12.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9963b1

RGB

rgb(153, 99, 177)

HSL

hsl(281.5, 33.3%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.5, 44.1%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.6%, 44.1%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(50.54, 35.83, -33.02)

LCH

lch(50.54, 48.72, 317.34)

OKLCH

oklch(58.8%, 0.1288, 314.81)

HWB

hwb(281.5, 38.8%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7bb163

Analogous

#7263b1

#9963b1

#b163a2

Triadic

#9963b1

#b19963

#63b199

Split-complementary

#9963b1

#a2b163

#63b172

Tetradic

#9963b1

#b1637b

#7bb163

#63b199

Square

#9963b1

#b17263

#7bb163

#63a2b1

Shades

Color #9963b1 mixed toward black.

#824d99

#683d7b

#4e2e5c

#341f3d

#1a0f1f

Tints

Color #9963b1 mixed toward white.

#aa7dbe

#bb97cb

#ccb1d8

#ddcbe5

#eee5f2

Tones

Color #9963b1 mixed toward gray.

#9669aa

#9470a4

#91769d

#8f7d97

#8c8390

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8585a2 · ΔE 15.8

Deuteranopia

#888c9f · ΔE 18.7

Tritanopia

#979693 · ΔE 28.6

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 24.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9963b1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9963b1]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9963b1 (#9963b1) is rgb(153, 99, 177) in RGB.

No, #9963b1 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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