#9c46e9

Color #9c46e9

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 9.64 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9c46e9

RGB

rgb(156, 70, 233)

HSL

hsl(271.7, 78.7%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(271.7, 70%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(33%, 70%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(48.68, 63.93, -68.06)

LCH

lch(48.68, 93.38, 313.21)

OKLCH

oklch(58.6%, 0.2338, 304.1)

HWB

hwb(271.7, 27.5%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#93e946

Analogous

#4b46e9

#9c46e9

#e946e4

Triadic

#9c46e9

#e99c46

#46e99c

Split-complementary

#9c46e9

#e4e946

#46e94b

Tetradic

#9c46e9

#e94693

#93e946

#46e99c

Square

#9c46e9

#e94b46

#93e946

#46e4e9

Shades

Color #9c46e9 mixed toward black.

#841be2

#6916b4

#4f1087

#350b5a

#1a052d

Tints

Color #9c46e9 mixed toward white.

#ad65ed

#bd84f0

#cea2f4

#dec1f8

#efe0fb

Tones

Color #9c46e9 mixed toward gray.

#9b54db

#9b61ce

#9a6fc0

#997cb3

#988aa5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.47:1

White text reads better on this background (4.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#807fd0 · ΔE 16.6

Deuteranopia

#8489ca · ΔE 19.8

Tritanopia

#99bab4 · ΔE 37.6

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 30.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c46e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c46e9]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#9c46e9 (#9c46e9) is rgb(156, 70, 233) in RGB.

No, #9c46e9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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