#9e3eb8

Color #9e3eb8

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 9.34 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9e3eb8

RGB

rgb(158, 62, 184)

HSL

hsl(287.2, 49.6%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(287.2, 66.3%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.1%, 66.3%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(44.48, 57.39, -46.64)

LCH

lch(44.48, 73.95, 320.9)

OKLCH

oklch(54.6%, 0.1966, 318.36)

HWB

hwb(287.2, 24.3%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#58b83e

Analogous

#613eb8

#9e3eb8

#b83e95

Triadic

#9e3eb8

#b89e3e

#3eb89e

Split-complementary

#9e3eb8

#95b83e

#3eb861

Tetradic

#9e3eb8

#b83e58

#58b83e

#3eb89e

Square

#9e3eb8

#b8613e

#58b83e

#3e95b8

Shades

Color #9e3eb8 mixed toward black.

#843499

#69297b

#4f1f5c

#35153d

#1a0a1f

Tints

Color #9e3eb8 mixed toward white.

#b05ac8

#c07bd3

#d09cde

#dfbde9

#efdef4

Tones

Color #9e3eb8 mixed toward gray.

#9848ae

#9252a4

#8c5c99

#87678f

#817185

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.84:1

White text reads better on this background (5.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#807fa5 · ΔE 21.5

Deuteranopia

#848aa0 · ΔE 25.2

Tritanopia

#9b938f · ΔE 33.8

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 27.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9e3eb8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e3eb8]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#9e3eb8 (#9e3eb8) is rgb(158, 62, 184) in RGB.

No, #9e3eb8 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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