#9b6fc6

Color #9b6fc6

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 11.43 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9b6fc6

RGB

rgb(155, 111, 198)

HSL

hsl(270.3, 43.3%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270.3, 43.9%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.7%, 43.9%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(54.46, 34.39, -38.93)

LCH

lch(54.46, 51.94, 311.46)

OKLCH

oklch(62.1%, 0.1344, 306.2)

HWB

hwb(270.3, 43.5%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ac66f

Analogous

#6f6fc6

#9b6fc6

#c66fc6

Triadic

#9b6fc6

#c69b6f

#6fc69b

Split-complementary

#9b6fc6

#c6c66f

#6fc66f

Tetradic

#9b6fc6

#c66f9a

#9ac66f

#6fc69b

Square

#9b6fc6

#c66f6f

#9ac66f

#6fc6c6

Shades

Color #9b6fc6 mixed toward black.

#814ab7

#673a94

#4e2c6f

#341d4a

#1a0f25

Tints

Color #9b6fc6 mixed toward white.

#ac87d0

#bc9fd9

#cdb7e3

#decfec

#eee7f6

Tones

Color #9b6fc6 mixed toward gray.

#9b76bf

#9b7eb8

#9b85b0

#9b8ca9

#9b93a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8ab6 · ΔE 12

Deuteranopia

#8d90b2 · ΔE 14.3

Tritanopia

#99a8a4 · ΔE 27.8

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 24.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #9b6fc6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b6fc6]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#9b6fc6 (#9b6fc6) is rgb(155, 111, 198) in RGB.

No, #9b6fc6 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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