#9b61b8

Color #9b61b8

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 14.1 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 11.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9b61b8

RGB

rgb(155, 97, 184)

HSL

hsl(280, 38%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 47.3%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.8%, 47.3%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(50.66, 39.07, -36.86)

LCH

lch(50.66, 53.71, 316.67)

OKLCH

oklch(59.1%, 0.1413, 313.51)

HWB

hwb(280, 38%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7eb861

Analogous

#6f61b8

#9b61b8

#b861aa

Triadic

#9b61b8

#b89b61

#61b89b

Split-complementary

#9b61b8

#aab861

#61b86f

Tetradic

#9b61b8

#b8617e

#7eb861

#61b89b

Square

#9b61b8

#b86f61

#7eb861

#61aab8

Shades

Color #9b61b8 mixed toward black.

#8449a2

#6a3a81

#4f2c61

#351d41

#1a0f20

Tints

Color #9b61b8 mixed toward white.

#ac7bc4

#bc96d0

#cdb0dc

#decae7

#eee5f3

Tones

Color #9b61b8 mixed toward gray.

#9968b1

#966faa

#9477a2

#917e9b

#8f8594

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.8:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8685a8 · ΔE 15.5

Deuteranopia

#898da4 · ΔE 18.7

Tritanopia

#999a97 · ΔE 30.5

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 24.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b61b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b61b8]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9b61b8 (#9b61b8) is rgb(155, 97, 184) in RGB.

No, #9b61b8 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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