#9f12f4

Color #9f12f4

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 12.82 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 1.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9f12f4

RGB

rgb(159, 18, 244)

HSL

hsl(277.4, 91.1%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.4, 92.6%, 95.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.8%, 92.6%, 0%, 4.3%)

LAB

lab(44.71, 81.9, -80.71)

LCH

lch(44.71, 114.99, 315.42)

OKLCH

oklch(56.2%, 0.2835, 305.67)

HWB

hwb(277.4, 7.1%, 4.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#67f412

Analogous

#2e12f4

#9f12f4

#f412d8

Triadic

#9f12f4

#f49f12

#12f49f

Split-complementary

#9f12f4

#d8f412

#12f42e

Tetradic

#9f12f4

#f41267

#67f412

#12f49f

Square

#9f12f4

#f42e12

#67f412

#12d8f4

Shades

Color #9f12f4 mixed toward black.

#860ad1

#6b08a7

#50067d

#360453

#1b022a

Tints

Color #9f12f4 mixed toward white.

#af3af6

#bf61f8

#cf89f9

#dfb0fb

#efd8fd

Tones

Color #9f12f4 mixed toward gray.

#9a25e1

#9638ce

#914bbc

#8c5da9

#887096

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.87:1

White text reads better on this background (5.43:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7ad8 · ΔE 20.2

Deuteranopia

#8188d1 · ΔE 24.7

Tritanopia

#9bbeb8 · ΔE 41.5

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 32.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f12f4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f12f4]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9f12f4 (#9f12f4) is rgb(159, 18, 244) in RGB.

No, #9f12f4 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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