#9b3ad8

Color #9b3ad8

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 4 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9b3ad8

RGB

rgb(155, 58, 216)

HSL

hsl(276.8, 66.9%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.8, 73.1%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.2%, 73.1%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(45.57, 65, -63.44)

LCH

lch(45.57, 90.83, 315.7)

OKLCH

oklch(56%, 0.2305, 308.64)

HWB

hwb(276.8, 22.7%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#77d83a

Analogous

#4c3ad8

#9b3ad8

#d83ac6

Triadic

#9b3ad8

#d89b3a

#3ad89b

Split-complementary

#9b3ad8

#c6d83a

#3ad84c

Tetradic

#9b3ad8

#d83a77

#77d83a

#3ad89b

Square

#9b3ad8

#d84c3a

#77d83a

#3ac6d8

Shades

Color #9b3ad8 mixed toward black.

#8326be

#691e98

#4f1772

#350f4c

#1a0826

Tints

Color #9b3ad8 mixed toward white.

#ac5bde

#bc7ce5

#cd9ceb

#debdf2

#eedef8

Tones

Color #9b3ad8 mixed toward gray.

#9847cb

#9554be

#9261b0

#8f6fa3

#8c7c96

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.99:1

White text reads better on this background (5.26:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7cc1 · ΔE 18.9

Deuteranopia

#8187ba · ΔE 22.7

Tritanopia

#98aba6 · ΔE 36.4

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 29.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b3ad8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b3ad8]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9b3ad8 (#9b3ad8) is rgb(155, 58, 216) in RGB.

No, #9b3ad8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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