#9b3fc9

Color #9b3fc9

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 7.48 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9b3fc9

RGB

rgb(155, 63, 201)

HSL

hsl(280, 56.1%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 68.7%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.9%, 68.7%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(45.28, 59.76, -55.28)

LCH

lch(45.28, 81.41, 317.23)

OKLCH

oklch(55.5%, 0.2103, 312.11)

HWB

hwb(280, 24.7%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6dc93f

Analogous

#563fc9

#9b3fc9

#c93fb2

Triadic

#9b3fc9

#c99b3f

#3fc99b

Split-complementary

#9b3fc9

#b2c93f

#3fc956

Tetradic

#9b3fc9

#c93f6d

#6dc93f

#3fc99b

Square

#9b3fc9

#c9563f

#6dc93f

#3fb2c9

Shades

Color #9b3fc9 mixed toward black.

#8330ac

#692789

#4e1d67

#341345

#1a0a22

Tints

Color #9b3fc9 mixed toward white.

#ac5fd2

#bc7fdb

#cd9fe4

#debfed

#eedff6

Tones

Color #9b3fc9 mixed toward gray.

#974bbe

#9356b2

#9062a7

#8c6d9b

#887990

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.95:1

White text reads better on this background (5.32:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7db4 · ΔE 19.4

Deuteranopia

#8288ae · ΔE 23.3

Tritanopia

#98a09c · ΔE 34.9

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 28.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b3fc9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b3fc9]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9b3fc9 (#9b3fc9) is rgb(155, 63, 201) in RGB.

No, #9b3fc9 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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