#9f4bbb

Color #9f4bbb

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 9.98 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9f4bbb

RGB

rgb(159, 75, 187)

HSL

hsl(285, 45.2%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285, 59.9%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(15%, 59.9%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(46.96, 52.27, -44.43)

LCH

lch(46.96, 68.6, 319.64)

OKLCH

oklch(56.5%, 0.1816, 316.85)

HWB

hwb(285, 29.4%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#67bb4b

Analogous

#674bbb

#9f4bbb

#bb4b9f

Triadic

#9f4bbb

#bb9f4b

#4bbb9f

Split-complementary

#9f4bbb

#9fbb4b

#4bbb67

Tetradic

#9f4bbb

#bb4b67

#67bb4b

#4bbb9f

Square

#9f4bbb

#bb674b

#67bb4b

#4b9fbb

Shades

Color #9f4bbb mixed toward black.

#863c9f

#6b307f

#50245f

#36183f

#1b0c20

Tints

Color #9f4bbb mixed toward white.

#af69c6

#bf87d2

#cfa5dd

#dfc3e8

#efe1f4

Tones

Color #9f4bbb mixed toward gray.

#9a54b2

#965ea8

#91679f

#8c7096

#887a8c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.2:1

White 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

#8382a8 · ΔE 19.7

Deuteranopia

#878ca4 · ΔE 23.1

Tritanopia

#9c9894 · ΔE 33.2

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 27.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f4bbb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f4bbb]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#9f4bbb (#9f4bbb) is rgb(159, 75, 187) in RGB.

No, #9f4bbb 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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