#9b37b3

Color #9b37b3

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 10.98 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9b37b3

RGB

rgb(155, 55, 179)

HSL

hsl(288.4, 53%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.4, 69.3%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.4%, 69.3%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(42.7, 58.66, -46.58)

LCH

lch(42.7, 74.9, 321.55)

OKLCH

oklch(53.2%, 0.1997, 319.18)

HWB

hwb(288.4, 21.6%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4fb337

Analogous

#5d37b3

#9b37b3

#b3378d

Triadic

#9b37b3

#b39b37

#37b39b

Split-complementary

#9b37b3

#8db337

#37b35d

Tetradic

#9b37b3

#b3374f

#4fb337

#37b39b

Square

#9b37b3

#b35d37

#4fb337

#378db3

Shades

Color #9b37b3 mixed toward black.

#812e95

#672577

#4e1c5a

#34123c

#1a091e

Tints

Color #9b37b3 mixed toward white.

#b14fc9

#c172d4

#d095df

#e0b9e9

#efdcf4

Tones

Color #9b37b3 mixed toward gray.

#9541a9

#8e4c9e

#885694

#82608a

#7b6b7f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.59:1

White text reads better on this background (5.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7ba0 · ΔE 21.9

Deuteranopia

#81879b · ΔE 25.9

Tritanopia

#988e8a · ΔE 33.8

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 28

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b37b3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b37b3]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#9b37b3 (#9b37b3) is rgb(155, 55, 179) in RGB.

No, #9b37b3 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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