#9b38ff

Color #9b38ff

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 9.81 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9b38ff

RGB

rgb(155, 56, 255)

HSL

hsl(269.8, 100%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(269.8, 78%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.2%, 78%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(48.28, 74.27, -81.04)

LCH

lch(48.28, 109.93, 312.5)

OKLCH

oklch(58.8%, 0.269, 300.54)

HWB

hwb(269.8, 22%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9cff38

Analogous

#3839ff

#9b38ff

#fe38ff

Triadic

#9b38ff

#ff9b38

#38ff9b

Split-complementary

#9b38ff

#fffe38

#39ff38

Tetradic

#9b38ff

#ff389c

#9cff38

#38ff9b

Square

#9b38ff

#ff3839

#9cff38

#38fffe

Shades

Color #9b38ff mixed toward black.

#8104ff

#6700cf

#4d009c

#340068

#1a0034

Tints

Color #9b38ff mixed toward white.

#ac59ff

#bc7aff

#cd9cff

#debdff

#eedeff

Tones

Color #9b38ff mixed toward gray.

#9b49ee

#9b59de

#9b6acd

#9b7abd

#9b8bac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.4:1

White 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

#7c7ce3 · ΔE 16.7

Deuteranopia

#8187db · ΔE 20.1

Tritanopia

#98c9c3 · ΔE 41.4

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 31.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b38ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b38ff]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#9b38ff (#9b38ff) is rgb(155, 56, 255) in RGB.

No, #9b38ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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