#9c66b8

Color #9c66b8

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 15.45 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 12

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Conversions

HEX

#9c66b8

RGB

rgb(156, 102, 184)

HSL

hsl(279.5, 36.6%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.5, 44.6%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.2%, 44.6%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(51.87, 36.58, -34.96)

LCH

lch(51.87, 50.6, 316.3)

OKLCH

oklch(60%, 0.1331, 313.3)

HWB

hwb(279.5, 40%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#82b866

Analogous

#7366b8

#9c66b8

#b866ab

Triadic

#9c66b8

#b89c66

#66b89c

Split-complementary

#9c66b8

#abb866

#66b873

Tetradic

#9c66b8

#b86682

#82b866

#66b89c

Square

#9c66b8

#b87366

#82b866

#66abb8

Shades

Color #9c66b8 mixed toward black.

#854ca3

#6a3c82

#502d62

#351e41

#1b0f21

Tints

Color #9c66b8 mixed toward white.

#ad80c4

#bd99d0

#ceb3dc

#decce7

#efe6f3

Tones

Color #9c66b8 mixed toward gray.

#9a6db1

#9874aa

#967ba4

#93819d

#918896

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.01:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8887a9 · ΔE 14.8

Deuteranopia

#8b8ea5 · ΔE 17.8

Tritanopia

#9a9b98 · ΔE 29.7

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 24.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c66b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c66b8]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9c66b8 (#9c66b8) is rgb(156, 102, 184) in RGB.

No, #9c66b8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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