#9c00dc

Color #9c00dc

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 3.77 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9c00dc

RGB

rgb(156, 0, 220)

HSL

hsl(282.5, 100%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.5, 100%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.1%, 100%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(41.59, 78.93, -72.21)

LCH

lch(41.59, 106.98, 317.55)

OKLCH

oklch(53.3%, 0.2693, 310.3)

HWB

hwb(282.5, 0%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#40dc00

Analogous

#2e00dc

#9c00dc

#dc00ae

Triadic

#9c00dc

#dc9c00

#00dc9c

Split-complementary

#9c00dc

#aedc00

#00dc2e

Tetradic

#9c00dc

#dc0040

#40dc00

#00dc9c

Square

#9c00dc

#dc2e00

#40dc00

#00aedc

Shades

Color #9c00dc mixed toward black.

#8200b7

#680093

#4e006e

#340049

#1a0025

Tints

Color #9c00dc mixed toward white.

#b80dff

#c73eff

#d56eff

#e39eff

#f1cfff

Tones

Color #9c00dc mixed toward gray.

#9412c9

#8c25b7

#8537a5

#7d4993

#765c80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.45:1

White text reads better on this background (6.09:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7877c2 · ΔE 21.9

Deuteranopia

#7e85bc · ΔE 26.7

Tritanopia

#98aba5 · ΔE 40.6

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 31.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9c00dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c00dc]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9c00dc (#9c00dc) is rgb(156, 0, 220) in RGB.

No, #9c00dc 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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