#9e558e

Color #9e558e

A muted medium magenta.

Closest named color Pale Violet Red #db7093 · ΔE 24.53 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 14

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Conversions

HEX

#9e558e

RGB

rgb(158, 85, 142)

HSL

hsl(313.2, 30%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(313.2, 46.2%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 46.2%, 10.1%, 38%)

LAB

lab(46.61, 38.22, -18.4)

LCH

lch(46.61, 42.42, 334.29)

OKLCH

oklch(55.5%, 0.1212, 335.85)

HWB

hwb(313.2, 33.3%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#559e65

Analogous

#89559e

#9e558e

#9e5569

Triadic

#9e558e

#8e9e55

#558e9e

Split-complementary

#9e558e

#699e55

#559e89

Tetradic

#9e558e

#9e6555

#559e65

#558e9e

Square

#9e558e

#9e8955

#559e65

#55699e

Shades

Color #9e558e mixed toward black.

#834776

#69395f

#4f2a47

#351c2f

#1a0e18

Tints

Color #9e558e mixed toward white.

#b16ea2

#c18bb5

#d0a8c7

#e0c5da

#efe2ec

Tones

Color #9e558e mixed toward gray.

#985b8a

#926187

#8c6784

#866d80

#7f737d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.14:1

White text reads better on this background (5.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#858483 · ΔE 25.6

Deuteranopia

#888d80 · ΔE 36.4

Tritanopia

#9b7977 · ΔE 19.8

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 23.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9e558e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e558e]

Related colors

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Frequently asked questions

#9e558e (#9e558e) is rgb(158, 85, 142) in RGB.

No, #9e558e 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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