#9f2de2

Color #9f2de2

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 6.51 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9f2de2

RGB

rgb(159, 45, 226)

HSL

hsl(277.8, 75.7%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.8, 80.1%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.6%, 80.1%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(45.27, 72.34, -69.6)

LCH

lch(45.27, 100.39, 316.11)

OKLCH

oklch(56.1%, 0.253, 308.53)

HWB

hwb(277.8, 17.6%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#70e22d

Analogous

#442de2

#9f2de2

#e22dca

Triadic

#9f2de2

#e29f2d

#2de29f

Split-complementary

#9f2de2

#cae22d

#2de244

Tetradic

#9f2de2

#e22d70

#70e22d

#2de29f

Square

#9f2de2

#e2442d

#70e22d

#2dcae2

Shades

Color #9f2de2 mixed toward black.

#871bc6

#6c169f

#511077

#360b4f

#1b0528

Tints

Color #9f2de2 mixed toward white.

#af50e7

#bf73ec

#cf96f0

#dfb9f5

#efdcfa

Tones

Color #9f2de2 mixed toward gray.

#9b3cd3

#974bc4

#935ab5

#8f69a6

#8b7896

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.95:1

White text reads better on this background (5.32:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7dc9 · ΔE 20.1

Deuteranopia

#8389c2 · ΔE 24.1

Tritanopia

#9cb2ac · ΔE 38.8

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 30.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f2de2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f2de2]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9f2de2 (#9f2de2) is rgb(159, 45, 226) in RGB.

No, #9f2de2 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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