#9d40d9

Color #9d40d9

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 4.39 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#9d40d9

RGB

rgb(157, 64, 217)

HSL

hsl(276.5, 66.8%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.5, 70.5%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.6%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(46.77, 63.16, -62.06)

LCH

lch(46.77, 88.55, 315.5)

OKLCH

oklch(56.9%, 0.2252, 308.64)

HWB

hwb(276.5, 25.1%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7cd940

Analogous

#5140d9

#9d40d9

#d940c8

Triadic

#9d40d9

#d99d40

#40d99d

Split-complementary

#9d40d9

#c8d940

#40d951

Tetradic

#9d40d9

#d9407c

#7cd940

#40d99d

Square

#9d40d9

#d95140

#7cd940

#40c8d9

Shades

Color #9d40d9 mixed toward black.

#8627c3

#6b1f9c

#501775

#36104e

#1b0827

Tints

Color #9d40d9 mixed toward white.

#ad60df

#be80e6

#cea0ec

#debff2

#efdff9

Tones

Color #9d40d9 mixed toward gray.

#9a4dcc

#985abf

#9566b3

#9273a6

#8f8099

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.17:1

White text reads better on this background (5.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7fc2 · ΔE 18.7

Deuteranopia

#8489bc · ΔE 22

Tritanopia

#9aada7 · ΔE 36.7

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 29.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9d40d9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9d40d9]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9d40d9 (#9d40d9) is rgb(157, 64, 217) in RGB.

No, #9d40d9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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