#9e69bd

Color #9e69bd

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 14.18 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 11.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9e69bd

RGB

rgb(158, 105, 189)

HSL

hsl(277.9, 38.9%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.9, 44.4%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.4%, 44.4%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(53, 36.6, -36.05)

LCH

lch(53, 51.37, 315.43)

OKLCH

oklch(61%, 0.1347, 312.02)

HWB

hwb(277.9, 41.2%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#88bd69

Analogous

#7469bd

#9e69bd

#bd69b2

Triadic

#9e69bd

#bd9e69

#69bd9e

Split-complementary

#9e69bd

#b2bd69

#69bd74

Tetradic

#9e69bd

#bd6988

#88bd69

#69bd9e

Square

#9e69bd

#bd7469

#88bd69

#69b2bd

Shades

Color #9e69bd mixed toward black.

#874baa

#6c3c88

#512d66

#361e44

#1b0f22

Tints

Color #9e69bd mixed toward white.

#ae82c8

#be9bd3

#ceb4de

#dfcde9

#efe6f4

Tones

Color #9e69bd mixed toward gray.

#9c70b6

#9a77af

#987ea8

#9785a1

#958c9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.21:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8aad · ΔE 14.7

Deuteranopia

#8d91a9 · ΔE 17.5

Tritanopia

#9ca09c · ΔE 28.6

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 24.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9e69bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e69bd]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9e69bd (#9e69bd) is rgb(158, 105, 189) in RGB.

No, #9e69bd 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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