#973ad8

Color #973ad8

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 4.63 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#973ad8

RGB

rgb(151, 58, 216)

HSL

hsl(275.3, 66.9%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.3, 73.1%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.1%, 73.1%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(45.03, 64.27, -64.34)

LCH

lch(45.03, 90.94, 314.97)

OKLCH

oklch(55.5%, 0.2295, 307.19)

HWB

hwb(275.3, 22.7%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7bd83a

Analogous

#483ad8

#973ad8

#d83aca

Triadic

#973ad8

#d8973a

#3ad897

Split-complementary

#973ad8

#cad83a

#3ad848

Tetradic

#973ad8

#d83a7b

#7bd83a

#3ad897

Square

#973ad8

#d8483a

#7bd83a

#3acad8

Shades

Color #973ad8 mixed toward black.

#8026be

#661e98

#4d1772

#330f4c

#1a0826

Tints

Color #973ad8 mixed toward white.

#a85bde

#ba7ce5

#cb9ceb

#dcbdf2

#eedef8

Tones

Color #973ad8 mixed toward gray.

#9547cb

#9254be

#9061b0

#8e6fa3

#8b7c96

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.91:1

White text reads better on this background (5.37:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a79c1 · ΔE 18.1

Deuteranopia

#7e84ba · ΔE 21.9

Tritanopia

#94aba6 · ΔE 36.6

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 29.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #973ad8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#973ad8]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#973ad8 (#973ad8) is rgb(151, 58, 216) in RGB.

No, #973ad8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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