#9c5fbe

Color #9c5fbe

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 11.77 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9c5fbe

RGB

rgb(156, 95, 190)

HSL

hsl(278.5, 42.2%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.5, 50%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.9%, 50%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(50.65, 41.77, -40.34)

LCH

lch(50.65, 58.07, 316)

OKLCH

oklch(59.2%, 0.1519, 312.23)

HWB

hwb(278.5, 37.3%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#81be5f

Analogous

#6d5fbe

#9c5fbe

#be5fb1

Triadic

#9c5fbe

#be9c5f

#5fbe9c

Split-complementary

#9c5fbe

#b1be5f

#5fbe6d

Tetradic

#9c5fbe

#be5f81

#81be5f

#5fbe9c

Square

#9c5fbe

#be6d5f

#81be5f

#5fb1be

Shades

Color #9c5fbe mixed toward black.

#8545a9

#6a3787

#502965

#351b44

#1b0e22

Tints

Color #9c5fbe mixed toward white.

#ac7ac9

#bd94d4

#cdafdf

#decae9

#eee4f4

Tones

Color #9c5fbe mixed toward gray.

#9a67b6

#986fae

#9577a6

#937f9e

#918796

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8685ad · ΔE 15.6

Deuteranopia

#898da9 · ΔE 18.6

Tritanopia

#9a9e9a · ΔE 30.2

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 25.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c5fbe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c5fbe]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9c5fbe (#9c5fbe) is rgb(156, 95, 190) in RGB.

No, #9c5fbe is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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