#9e65b6

Color #9e65b6

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 16.49 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 12.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9e65b6

RGB

rgb(158, 101, 182)

HSL

hsl(282.2, 35.7%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.2, 44.5%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.2%, 44.5%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(51.79, 37.3, -33.92)

LCH

lch(51.79, 50.42, 317.72)

OKLCH

oklch(60%, 0.1334, 315.27)

HWB

hwb(282.2, 39.6%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7db665

Analogous

#7565b6

#9e65b6

#b665a6

Triadic

#9e65b6

#b69e65

#65b69e

Split-complementary

#9e65b6

#a6b665

#65b675

Tetradic

#9e65b6

#b6657d

#7db665

#65b69e

Square

#9e65b6

#b67565

#7db665

#65a6b6

Shades

Color #9e65b6 mixed toward black.

#874ca0

#6c3d80

#512e60

#361e40

#1b0f20

Tints

Color #9e65b6 mixed toward white.

#ae7fc2

#be98ce

#ceb2db

#dfcce7

#efe5f3

Tones

Color #9e65b6 mixed toward gray.

#9b6caf

#9973a9

#9679a2

#93809b

#908794

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.99:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989a7 · ΔE 16.1

Deuteranopia

#8c90a3 · ΔE 19.1

Tritanopia

#9c9a97 · ΔE 28.5

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 24.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9e65b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e65b6]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9e65b6 (#9e65b6) is rgb(158, 101, 182) in RGB.

No, #9e65b6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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