#9f4dd2

Color #9f4dd2

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 9.49 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9f4dd2

RGB

rgb(159, 77, 210)

HSL

hsl(277, 59.6%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277, 63.3%, 82.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.3%, 63.3%, 0%, 17.6%)

LAB

lab(48.68, 56.21, -54.97)

LCH

lch(48.68, 78.62, 315.64)

OKLCH

oklch(58.2%, 0.2022, 309.93)

HWB

hwb(277, 30.2%, 17.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#80d24d

Analogous

#5d4dd2

#9f4dd2

#d24dc2

Triadic

#9f4dd2

#d29f4d

#4dd29f

Split-complementary

#9f4dd2

#c2d24d

#4dd25d

Tetradic

#9f4dd2

#d24d80

#80d24d

#4dd29f

Square

#9f4dd2

#d25d4d

#80d24d

#4dc2d2

Shades

Color #9f4dd2 mixed toward black.

#8830bf

#6d2799

#521d73

#37134c

#1b0a26

Tints

Color #9f4dd2 mixed toward white.

#af6bd9

#bf88e1

#cfa6e8

#dfc4f0

#efe1f7

Tones

Color #9f4dd2 mixed toward gray.

#9c58c7

#9a63bc

#976eb1

#9579a6

#92849b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.47:1

White text reads better on this background (4.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8383bd · ΔE 17.8

Deuteranopia

#888db7 · ΔE 21.1

Tritanopia

#9ca9a4 · ΔE 34.1

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 28.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f4dd2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f4dd2]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9f4dd2 (#9f4dd2) is rgb(159, 77, 210) in RGB.

No, #9f4dd2 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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