#9f80cb

Color #9f80cb

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 18.84 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9f80cb

RGB

rgb(159, 128, 203)

HSL

hsl(264.8, 41.9%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264.8, 36.9%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.7%, 36.9%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(59.09, 27.04, -34.51)

LCH

lch(59.09, 43.84, 308.08)

OKLCH

oklch(65.8%, 0.1134, 302.43)

HWB

hwb(264.8, 50.2%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#accb80

Analogous

#8086cb

#9f80cb

#c480cb

Triadic

#9f80cb

#cb9f80

#80cb9f

Split-complementary

#9f80cb

#cbc480

#86cb80

Tetradic

#9f80cb

#cb80ac

#accb80

#80cb9f

Square

#9f80cb

#cb8086

#accb80

#80cbc4

Shades

Color #9f80cb mixed toward black.

#8159bb

#66409d

#4d3075

#33204e

#1a1027

Tints

Color #9f80cb mixed toward white.

#af95d4

#bfaadc

#cfbfe5

#dfd5ee

#efeaf6

Tones

Color #9f80cb mixed toward gray.

#a086c5

#a18cbe

#a293b8

#a399b2

#a49fac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9392bc · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#9497b9 · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#9eb0ad · ΔE 25.8

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f80cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f80cb]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Frequently asked questions

#9f80cb (#9f80cb) is rgb(159, 128, 203) in RGB.

No, #9f80cb 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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