#9a72ac

Color #9a72ac

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 20.58 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 14

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Conversions

HEX

#9a72ac

RGB

rgb(154, 114, 172)

HSL

hsl(281.4, 25.9%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.4, 33.7%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.5%, 33.7%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(53.9, 26.52, -24.87)

LCH

lch(53.9, 36.36, 316.84)

OKLCH

oklch(61.3%, 0.0964, 315)

HWB

hwb(281.4, 44.7%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#84ac72

Analogous

#7d72ac

#9a72ac

#ac72a1

Triadic

#9a72ac

#ac9a72

#72ac9a

Split-complementary

#9a72ac

#a1ac72

#72ac7d

Tetradic

#9a72ac

#ac7284

#84ac72

#72ac9a

Square

#9a72ac

#ac7d72

#84ac72

#72a1ac

Shades

Color #9a72ac mixed toward black.

#835896

#694778

#4f355a

#34233c

#1a121e

Tints

Color #9a72ac mixed toward white.

#ab8aba

#bca1c8

#cdb9d6

#ddd0e3

#eee8f1

Tones

Color #9a72ac mixed toward gray.

#9877a7

#967ca2

#95819e

#938599

#918a94

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8aa0 · ΔE 14.3

Deuteranopia

#8d8f9d · ΔE 17.5

Tritanopia

#989694 · ΔE 24

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 22

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #9a72ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9a72ac]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9a72ac (#9a72ac) is rgb(154, 114, 172) in RGB.

No, #9a72ac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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