#9e00dc

Color #9e00dc

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 3.9 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9e00dc

RGB

rgb(158, 0, 220)

HSL

hsl(283.1, 100%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.1, 100%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.2%, 100%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(41.9, 79.17, -71.68)

LCH

lch(41.9, 106.8, 317.84)

OKLCH

oklch(53.6%, 0.2698, 310.94)

HWB

hwb(283.1, 0%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3edc00

Analogous

#3000dc

#9e00dc

#dc00ac

Triadic

#9e00dc

#dc9e00

#00dc9e

Split-complementary

#9e00dc

#acdc00

#00dc30

Tetradic

#9e00dc

#dc003e

#3edc00

#00dc9e

Square

#9e00dc

#dc3000

#3edc00

#00acdc

Shades

Color #9e00dc mixed toward black.

#8400b7

#690093

#4f006e

#350049

#1a0025

Tints

Color #9e00dc mixed toward white.

#bb0dff

#c93eff

#d66eff

#e49eff

#f1cfff

Tones

Color #9e00dc mixed toward gray.

#9612c9

#8e25b7

#8637a5

#7e4993

#765c80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.49:1

White text reads better on this background (6.02:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a79c2 · ΔE 22.4

Deuteranopia

#7f86bc · ΔE 26.9

Tritanopia

#9aaba5 · ΔE 40.6

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 31.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #9e00dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e00dc]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9e00dc (#9e00dc) is rgb(158, 0, 220) in RGB.

No, #9e00dc 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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