#9971b6

Color #9971b6

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 21.09 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 12.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9971b6

RGB

rgb(153, 113, 182)

HSL

hsl(274.8, 32.1%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.8, 37.9%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.9%, 37.9%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(53.98, 28.98, -30.53)

LCH

lch(53.98, 42.09, 313.51)

OKLCH

oklch(61.5%, 0.1102, 310.07)

HWB

hwb(274.8, 44.3%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8eb671

Analogous

#7671b6

#9971b6

#b671b0

Triadic

#9971b6

#b69971

#71b699

Split-complementary

#9971b6

#b0b671

#71b676

Tetradic

#9971b6

#b6718e

#8eb671

#71b699

Square

#9971b6

#b67671

#8eb671

#71b0b6

Shades

Color #9971b6 mixed toward black.

#8153a2

#674382

#4d3261

#342141

#1a1120

Tints

Color #9971b6 mixed toward white.

#aa89c2

#bba0ce

#ccb8da

#ddd0e7

#eee7f3

Tones

Color #9971b6 mixed toward gray.

#9877b0

#977caa

#9682a5

#95889f

#948e99

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.39:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989a9 · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#8c8ea5 · ΔE 15.1

Tritanopia

#979d9a · ΔE 25.6

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 23

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9971b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9971b6]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9971b6 (#9971b6) is rgb(153, 113, 182) in RGB.

No, #9971b6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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