#9b4fd8

Color #9b4fd8

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 11.15 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9b4fd8

RGB

rgb(155, 79, 216)

HSL

hsl(273.3, 63.7%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.3, 63.4%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.2%, 63.4%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(48.91, 55.69, -58.05)

LCH

lch(48.91, 80.44, 313.81)

OKLCH

oklch(58.4%, 0.2047, 306.62)

HWB

hwb(273.3, 31%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8cd84f

Analogous

#564fd8

#9b4fd8

#d84fd0

Triadic

#9b4fd8

#d89b4f

#4fd89b

Split-complementary

#9b4fd8

#d0d84f

#4fd856

Tetradic

#9b4fd8

#d84f8c

#8cd84f

#4fd89b

Square

#9b4fd8

#d8564f

#8cd84f

#4fd0d8

Shades

Color #9b4fd8 mixed toward black.

#832dc9

#6924a1

#4f1b79

#351250

#1a0928

Tints

Color #9b4fd8 mixed toward white.

#ac6cde

#bc8ae5

#cda7eb

#dec4f2

#eee2f8

Tones

Color #9b4fd8 mixed toward gray.

#9a5acd

#9866c1

#9771b6

#967daa

#95889f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.5:1

White text reads better on this background (4.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8180c2 · ΔE 16.1

Deuteranopia

#858abc · ΔE 19.5

Tritanopia

#98aea9 · ΔE 34.2

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 28.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b4fd8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b4fd8]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#9b4fd8 (#9b4fd8) is rgb(155, 79, 216) in RGB.

No, #9b4fd8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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