#9b73a6

Color #9b73a6

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 20.79 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 13

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Conversions

HEX

#9b73a6

RGB

rgb(155, 115, 166)

HSL

hsl(287.1, 22.3%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(287.1, 30.7%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.6%, 30.7%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(54.01, 25, -21.23)

LCH

lch(54.01, 32.8, 319.66)

OKLCH

oklch(61.3%, 0.0879, 318.88)

HWB

hwb(287.1, 45.1%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7ea673

Analogous

#8273a6

#9b73a6

#a67397

Triadic

#9b73a6

#a69b73

#73a69b

Split-complementary

#9b73a6

#97a673

#73a682

Tetradic

#9b73a6

#a6737e

#7ea673

#73a69b

Square

#9b73a6

#a68273

#7ea673

#7397a6

Shades

Color #9b73a6 mixed toward black.

#845b8f

#6a4973

#4f3756

#352439

#1a121d

Tints

Color #9b73a6 mixed toward white.

#ac8ab5

#bca2c4

#cdb9d3

#ded0e1

#eee8f0

Tones

Color #9b73a6 mixed toward gray.

#9977a2

#967b9e

#948099

#918495

#8f8891

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.4:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b9c · ΔE 15.5

Deuteranopia

#8e9099 · ΔE 18.9

Tritanopia

#999391 · ΔE 21.8

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b73a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b73a6]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#9b73a6 (#9b73a6) is rgb(155, 115, 166) in RGB.

No, #9b73a6 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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