#9e2bd8

Color #9e2bd8

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 7.98 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9e2bd8

RGB

rgb(158, 43, 216)

HSL

hsl(279.9, 68.9%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.9, 80.1%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.9%, 80.1%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(44.17, 70.78, -65.7)

LCH

lch(44.17, 96.57, 317.13)

OKLCH

oklch(55.1%, 0.2458, 310.68)

HWB

hwb(279.9, 16.9%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#65d82b

Analogous

#482bd8

#9e2bd8

#d82bbb

Triadic

#9e2bd8

#d89e2b

#2bd89e

Split-complementary

#9e2bd8

#bbd82b

#2bd848

Tetradic

#9e2bd8

#d82b65

#65d82b

#2bd89e

Square

#9e2bd8

#d8482b

#65d82b

#2bbbd8

Shades

Color #9e2bd8 mixed toward black.

#8422b6

#6a1b92

#4f146d

#350d49

#1a0724

Tints

Color #9e2bd8 mixed toward white.

#ae4ede

#be72e5

#cf95eb

#dfb8f2

#efdcf8

Tones

Color #9e2bd8 mixed toward gray.

#993aca

#9548bb

#9056ad

#8b659e

#867390

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.79:1

White text reads better on this background (5.54:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7cc0 · ΔE 20.8

Deuteranopia

#8288b9 · ΔE 24.9

Tritanopia

#9baaa4 · ΔE 38.7

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 30.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9e2bd8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e2bd8]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9e2bd8 (#9e2bd8) is rgb(158, 43, 216) in RGB.

No, #9e2bd8 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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