#9c39cc

Color #9c39cc

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 3.33 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9c39cc

RGB

rgb(156, 57, 204)

HSL

hsl(280.4, 59%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.4, 72.1%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.5%, 72.1%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(44.74, 63.07, -57.88)

LCH

lch(44.74, 85.6, 317.46)

OKLCH

oklch(55.2%, 0.2206, 312.13)

HWB

hwb(280.4, 22.4%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#69cc39

Analogous

#5339cc

#9c39cc

#cc39b3

Triadic

#9c39cc

#cc9c39

#39cc9c

Split-complementary

#9c39cc

#b3cc39

#39cc53

Tetradic

#9c39cc

#cc3969

#69cc39

#39cc9c

Square

#9c39cc

#cc5339

#69cc39

#39b3cc

Shades

Color #9c39cc mixed toward black.

#832dad

#69248a

#4f1b68

#341245

#1a0923

Tints

Color #9c39cc mixed toward white.

#ad5ad4

#bd7bdd

#ce9ce5

#debdee

#efdef6

Tones

Color #9c39cc mixed toward gray.

#9845c0

#9452b4

#8f5ea7

#8b6a9b

#87768f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.87:1

White text reads better on this background (5.43:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7db6 · ΔE 20.3

Deuteranopia

#8288b0 · ΔE 24

Tritanopia

#99a29d · ΔE 36.5

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 29.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c39cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c39cc]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9c39cc (#9c39cc) is rgb(156, 57, 204) in RGB.

No, #9c39cc 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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