#9e57d1

Color #9e57d1

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 9.92 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9e57d1

RGB

rgb(158, 87, 209)

HSL

hsl(274.9, 57%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.9, 58.4%, 82%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.4%, 58.4%, 0%, 18%)

LAB

lab(50.32, 50.8, -51.77)

LCH

lch(50.32, 72.53, 314.46)

OKLCH

oklch(59.3%, 0.1866, 308.63)

HWB

hwb(274.9, 34.1%, 18%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ad157

Analogous

#6157d1

#9e57d1

#d157c7

Triadic

#9e57d1

#d19e57

#57d19e

Split-complementary

#9e57d1

#c7d157

#57d161

Tetradic

#9e57d1

#d1578a

#8ad157

#57d19e

Square

#9e57d1

#d16157

#8ad157

#57c7d1

Shades

Color #9e57d1 mixed toward black.

#8735c2

#6c2a9b

#512074

#36154d

#1b0b27

Tints

Color #9e57d1 mixed toward white.

#ae73d9

#be8fe0

#ceabe8

#dfc7f0

#efe3f7

Tones

Color #9e57d1 mixed toward gray.

#9c61c7

#9b6bbd

#9975b2

#9780a8

#968a9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8585bd · ΔE 16.3

Deuteranopia

#898db7 · ΔE 19

Tritanopia

#9baaa6 · ΔE 31.8

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 27.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9e57d1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e57d1]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9e57d1 (#9e57d1) is rgb(158, 87, 209) in RGB.

No, #9e57d1 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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