#9740aa

Color #9740aa

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 14.35 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#9740aa

RGB

rgb(151, 64, 170)

HSL

hsl(289.2, 45.3%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(289.2, 62.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.2%, 62.4%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(42.99, 52.04, -40.83)

LCH

lch(42.99, 66.15, 321.88)

OKLCH

oklch(53.1%, 0.1774, 320.05)

HWB

hwb(289.2, 25.1%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#53aa40

Analogous

#6240aa

#9740aa

#aa4088

Triadic

#9740aa

#aa9740

#40aa97

Split-complementary

#9740aa

#88aa40

#40aa62

Tetradic

#9740aa

#aa4053

#53aa40

#40aa97

Square

#9740aa

#aa6240

#53aa40

#4088aa

Shades

Color #9740aa mixed toward black.

#7e358e

#652b71

#4b2055

#321539

#190b1c

Tints

Color #9740aa mixed toward white.

#ad58c0

#be79cd

#ce9bd9

#debce6

#efdef2

Tones

Color #9740aa mixed toward gray.

#9149a1

#8c5298

#865b90

#806387

#7b6c7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.63:1

White text reads better on this background (5.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7a99 · ΔE 20.9

Deuteranopia

#7f8494 · ΔE 24.4

Tritanopia

#948985 · ΔE 31.6

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 26.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #9740aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9740aa]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#9740aa (#9740aa) is rgb(151, 64, 170) in RGB.

No, #9740aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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