#9e65c6

Color #9e65c6

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 9.44 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9e65c6

RGB

rgb(158, 101, 198)

HSL

hsl(275.3, 46%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.3, 49%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.2%, 49%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(52.57, 40.84, -41.9)

LCH

lch(52.57, 58.51, 314.27)

OKLCH

oklch(60.8%, 0.1521, 309.72)

HWB

hwb(275.3, 39.6%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8dc665

Analogous

#6d65c6

#9e65c6

#c665bd

Triadic

#9e65c6

#c69e65

#65c69e

Split-complementary

#9e65c6

#bdc665

#65c66d

Tetradic

#9e65c6

#c6658d

#8dc665

#65c69e

Square

#9e65c6

#c66d65

#8dc665

#65bdc6

Shades

Color #9e65c6 mixed toward black.

#8743b6

#6c3691

#51286d

#361b49

#1b0d24

Tints

Color #9e65c6 mixed toward white.

#ae7fcf

#be98d9

#cfb2e2

#dfccec

#efe5f5

Tones

Color #9e65c6 mixed toward gray.

#9d6dbe

#9b75b6

#9a7dae

#9885a6

#978d9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.13:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989b5 · ΔE 14.6

Deuteranopia

#8c90b0 · ΔE 17.3

Tritanopia

#9ca5a1 · ΔE 29.5

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 25.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9e65c6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e65c6]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9e65c6 (#9e65c6) is rgb(158, 101, 198) in RGB.

No, #9e65c6 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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