#9e5495

Color #9e5495

A muted medium magenta.

Closest named color Orchid #da70d6 · ΔE 25.21 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 12.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9e5495

RGB

rgb(158, 84, 149)

HSL

hsl(307.3, 30.6%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(307.3, 46.8%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 5.7%, 38%)

LAB

lab(46.69, 40, -22.46)

LCH

lch(46.69, 45.87, 330.69)

OKLCH

oklch(55.7%, 0.1291, 331.81)

HWB

hwb(307.3, 32.9%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#549e5d

Analogous

#82549e

#9e5495

#9e5470

Triadic

#9e5495

#959e54

#54959e

Split-complementary

#9e5495

#709e54

#549e82

Tetradic

#9e5495

#9e5d54

#549e5d

#54959e

Square

#9e5495

#9e8254

#549e5d

#54709e

Shades

Color #9e5495 mixed toward black.

#84467c

#693863

#4f2a4b

#351c32

#1a0e19

Tints

Color #9e5495 mixed toward white.

#b26da9

#c18aba

#d1a8cc

#e0c5dd

#f0e2ee

Tones

Color #9e5495 mixed toward gray.

#985a90

#92608c

#8c6787

#856d82

#7f737e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.16:1

White text reads better on this background (5.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#848489 · ΔE 23.9

Deuteranopia

#888d86 · ΔE 33.9

Tritanopia

#9b7e7c · ΔE 22

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 24.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9e5495;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e5495]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#9e5495 (#9e5495) is rgb(158, 84, 149) in RGB.

No, #9e5495 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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