#9f6dbe

Color #9f6dbe

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 15.27 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 11.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9f6dbe

RGB

rgb(159, 109, 190)

HSL

hsl(277, 38.4%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277, 42.6%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.3%, 42.6%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(54.06, 34.88, -34.97)

LCH

lch(54.06, 49.39, 314.93)

OKLCH

oklch(61.8%, 0.1295, 311.49)

HWB

hwb(277, 42.7%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8cbe6d

Analogous

#766dbe

#9f6dbe

#be6db5

Triadic

#9f6dbe

#be9f6d

#6dbe9f

Split-complementary

#9f6dbe

#b5be6d

#6dbe76

Tetradic

#9f6dbe

#be6d8c

#8cbe6d

#6dbe9f

Square

#9f6dbe

#be766d

#8cbe6d

#6db5be

Shades

Color #9f6dbe mixed toward black.

#884dac

#6d3d8a

#512e67

#361f45

#1b0f22

Tints

Color #9f6dbe mixed toward white.

#af85c9

#bf9ed4

#cfb6de

#dfcee9

#efe7f4

Tones

Color #9f6dbe mixed toward gray.

#9d74b7

#9c7ab0

#9a81aa

#9988a3

#978f9c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8caf · ΔE 14.1

Deuteranopia

#8f92ab · ΔE 16.7

Tritanopia

#9da19e · ΔE 27.3

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 24.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f6dbe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f6dbe]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9f6dbe (#9f6dbe) is rgb(159, 109, 190) in RGB.

No, #9f6dbe 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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