#9c38da

Color #9c38da

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 5.13 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#9c38da

RGB

rgb(156, 56, 218)

HSL

hsl(277, 68.6%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277, 74.3%, 85.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.4%, 74.3%, 0%, 14.5%)

LAB

lab(45.58, 66.39, -64.57)

LCH

lch(45.58, 92.61, 315.8)

OKLCH

oklch(56.1%, 0.2347, 308.69)

HWB

hwb(277, 22%, 14.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#76da38

Analogous

#4b38da

#9c38da

#da38c7

Triadic

#9c38da

#da9c38

#38da9c

Split-complementary

#9c38da

#c7da38

#38da4b

Tetradic

#9c38da

#da3876

#76da38

#38da9c

Square

#9c38da

#da4b38

#76da38

#38c7da

Shades

Color #9c38da mixed toward black.

#8424c0

#6a1d9a

#4f1573

#350e4d

#1a0726

Tints

Color #9c38da mixed toward white.

#ac59e0

#bd7ae6

#cd9bec

#debdf3

#eedef9

Tones

Color #9c38da mixed toward gray.

#9945cc

#9653bf

#9260b1

#8f6ea4

#8c7b96

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.99:1

White text reads better on this background (5.26:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7cc2 · ΔE 19.1

Deuteranopia

#8288bc · ΔE 23.1

Tritanopia

#99aca7 · ΔE 36.7

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 30

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c38da;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c38da]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9c38da (#9c38da) is rgb(156, 56, 218) in RGB.

No, #9c38da 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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