#9e66b2

Color #9e66b2

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 18.84 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 13.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9e66b2

RGB

rgb(158, 102, 178)

HSL

hsl(284.2, 33%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284.2, 42.7%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.2%, 42.7%, 0%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(51.82, 35.89, -31.54)

LCH

lch(51.82, 47.78, 318.69)

OKLCH

oklch(59.9%, 0.1271, 316.75)

HWB

hwb(284.2, 40%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7ab266

Analogous

#7866b2

#9e66b2

#b266a0

Triadic

#9e66b2

#b29e66

#66b29e

Split-complementary

#9e66b2

#a0b266

#66b278

Tetradic

#9e66b2

#b2667a

#7ab266

#66b29e

Square

#9e66b2

#b27866

#7ab266

#66a0b2

Shades

Color #9e66b2 mixed toward black.

#874e9b

#6c3f7c

#512f5d

#361f3e

#1b101f

Tints

Color #9e66b2 mixed toward white.

#ae80bf

#be99cc

#ceb3d8

#dfcce5

#efe6f2

Tones

Color #9e66b2 mixed toward gray.

#9b6cac

#9873a5

#95799f

#927f99

#8f8692

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

5:1

Black text reads better on this background (5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989a4 · ΔE 16.3

Deuteranopia

#8c90a0 · ΔE 19.5

Tritanopia

#9c9794 · ΔE 26.9

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 24.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9e66b2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e66b2]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9e66b2 (#9e66b2) is rgb(158, 102, 178) in RGB.

No, #9e66b2 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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