#9c46ce

Color #9c46ce

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 9.17 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9c46ce

RGB

rgb(156, 70, 206)

HSL

hsl(277.9, 58.1%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.9, 66%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.3%, 66%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(46.85, 57.94, -55.63)

LCH

lch(46.85, 80.32, 316.17)

OKLCH

oklch(56.7%, 0.2066, 310.51)

HWB

hwb(277.9, 27.5%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#78ce46

Analogous

#5846ce

#9c46ce

#ce46bc

Triadic

#9c46ce

#ce9c46

#46ce9c

Split-complementary

#9c46ce

#bcce46

#46ce58

Tetradic

#9c46ce

#ce4678

#78ce46

#46ce9c

Square

#9c46ce

#ce5846

#78ce46

#46bcce

Shades

Color #9c46ce mixed toward black.

#8530b6

#6a2791

#501d6d

#351349

#1b0a24

Tints

Color #9c46ce mixed toward white.

#ac65d6

#bd84de

#cda2e6

#dec1ef

#eee0f7

Tones

Color #9c46ce mixed toward gray.

#9951c3

#965db7

#9368ac

#9073a1

#8d7f95

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.18:1

White text reads better on this background (5.02:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#807fb9 · ΔE 18.3

Deuteranopia

#8489b3 · ΔE 21.8

Tritanopia

#99a5a0 · ΔE 34.8

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 28.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c46ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c46ce]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9c46ce (#9c46ce) is rgb(156, 70, 206) in RGB.

No, #9c46ce is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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