#9e46d5

Color #9e46d5

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 6.91 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9e46d5

RGB

rgb(158, 70, 213)

HSL

hsl(276.9, 63%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.9, 67.1%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.8%, 67.1%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(47.56, 59.89, -58.48)

LCH

lch(47.56, 83.71, 315.68)

OKLCH

oklch(57.4%, 0.2143, 309.47)

HWB

hwb(276.9, 27.5%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7dd546

Analogous

#5646d5

#9e46d5

#d546c5

Triadic

#9e46d5

#d59e46

#46d59e

Split-complementary

#9e46d5

#c5d546

#46d556

Tetradic

#9e46d5

#d5467d

#7dd546

#46d59e

Square

#9e46d5

#d55646

#7dd546

#46c5d5

Shades

Color #9e46d5 mixed toward black.

#872cc0

#6c239a

#511a73

#36114d

#1b0926

Tints

Color #9e46d5 mixed toward white.

#ae65dc

#be84e3

#cea3ea

#dfc1f1

#efe0f8

Tones

Color #9e46d5 mixed toward gray.

#9b52c9

#985ebd

#966ab1

#9376a5

#908299

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.29:1

White text reads better on this background (4.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8181bf · ΔE 18.5

Deuteranopia

#868bb9 · ΔE 21.8

Tritanopia

#9baaa5 · ΔE 35

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 29.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9e46d5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e46d5]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9e46d5 (#9e46d5) is rgb(158, 70, 213) in RGB.

No, #9e46d5 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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