#9f23d5

Color #9f23d5

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 7.3 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9f23d5

RGB

rgb(159, 35, 213)

HSL

hsl(281.8, 71.8%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.8, 83.6%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.4%, 83.6%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(43.33, 72.59, -65.34)

LCH

lch(43.33, 97.67, 318.01)

OKLCH

oklch(54.5%, 0.2498, 312.11)

HWB

hwb(281.8, 13.7%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#59d523

Analogous

#4623d5

#9f23d5

#d523b2

Triadic

#9f23d5

#d59f23

#23d59f

Split-complementary

#9f23d5

#b2d523

#23d546

Tetradic

#9f23d5

#d52359

#59d523

#23d59f

Square

#9f23d5

#d54623

#59d523

#23b2d5

Shades

Color #9f23d5 mixed toward black.

#841db1

#6a178e

#4f116a

#350c47

#1a0623

Tints

Color #9f23d5 mixed toward white.

#b143e0

#c069e6

#d08eed

#e0b4f3

#efd9f9

Tones

Color #9f23d5 mixed toward gray.

#9932c6

#9341b7

#8d4fa8

#885e9a

#826d8b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.68:1

White text reads better on this background (5.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7cbd · ΔE 21.8

Deuteranopia

#8288b7 · ΔE 26

Tritanopia

#9ca7a1 · ΔE 39.4

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 30.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f23d5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f23d5]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9f23d5 (#9f23d5) is rgb(159, 35, 213) in RGB.

No, #9f23d5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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