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Dark Orchid Color

#9932cc

Dark Orchid Color

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A moderately saturated medium purple.

Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9932cc

RGB

rgb(153, 50, 204)

HSL

hsl(280.1, 60.6%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.1, 75.5%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(25%, 75.5%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(43.38, 65.15, -60.1)

LCH

lch(43.38, 88.64, 317.31)

OKLCH

oklch(54.1%, 0.2273, 311.5)

HWB

hwb(280.1, 19.6%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#65cc32

Analogous

#4c32cc

#9932cc

#cc32b2

Triadic

#9932cc

#cc9932

#32cc99

Split-complementary

#9932cc

#b2cc32

#32cc4c

Tetradic

#9932cc

#cc3265

#65cc32

#32cc99

Square

#9932cc

#cc4c32

#65cc32

#32b2cc

Shades

Dark Orchid Color mixed toward black.

#7f2aaa

#662188

#4c1966

#331144

#190822

Tints

Dark Orchid Color mixed toward white.

#aa54d5

#bb76dd

#cc98e6

#ddbaee

#eeddf7

Tones

Dark Orchid Color mixed toward gray.

#953fbf

#904cb2

#8c59a5

#886599

#83728c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.68:1

White text reads better on this background (5.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a79b6 · ΔE 20.1

Deuteranopia

#7f84b0 · ΔE 23.9

Tritanopia

#96a19c · ΔE 37

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 29.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9932cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9932cc]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

Dark Orchid (#9932cc) is rgb(153, 50, 204) in RGB.

No, #9932cc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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