#9c6fae

Color #9c6fae

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 20.67 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 14.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9c6fae

RGB

rgb(156, 111, 174)

HSL

hsl(282.9, 28%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.9, 36.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.3%, 36.2%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(53.49, 29.31, -26.66)

LCH

lch(53.49, 39.62, 317.71)

OKLCH

oklch(61.1%, 0.1053, 315.96)

HWB

hwb(282.9, 43.5%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#81ae6f

Analogous

#7d6fae

#9c6fae

#ae6fa0

Triadic

#9c6fae

#ae9c6f

#6fae9c

Split-complementary

#9c6fae

#a0ae6f

#6fae7d

Tetradic

#9c6fae

#ae6f81

#81ae6f

#6fae9c

Square

#9c6fae

#ae7d6f

#81ae6f

#6fa0ae

Shades

Color #9c6fae mixed toward black.

#855698

#6a447a

#50335b

#35223d

#1b111e

Tints

Color #9c6fae mixed toward white.

#ad87bc

#bd9fc9

#ceb7d7

#decfe4

#efe7f2

Tones

Color #9c6fae mixed toward gray.

#9a74a9

#987aa4

#957f9e

#938499

#918994

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.3:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8aa2 · ΔE 14.6

Deuteranopia

#8d909e · ΔE 18.4

Tritanopia

#9a9794 · ΔE 25.4

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 22.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c6fae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c6fae]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9c6fae (#9c6fae) is rgb(156, 111, 174) in RGB.

No, #9c6fae 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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