#9b72e2

Color #9b72e2

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 3.41 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9b72e2

RGB

rgb(155, 114, 226)

HSL

hsl(262, 65.9%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262, 49.6%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.4%, 49.6%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(56.58, 39.5, -51.42)

LCH

lch(56.58, 64.84, 307.53)

OKLCH

oklch(64.2%, 0.1649, 298.54)

HWB

hwb(262, 44.7%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9e272

Analogous

#7281e2

#9b72e2

#d372e2

Triadic

#9b72e2

#e29b72

#72e29b

Split-complementary

#9b72e2

#e2d372

#81e272

Tetradic

#9b72e2

#e272b9

#b9e272

#72e29b

Square

#9b72e2

#e27281

#b9e272

#72e2d3

Shades

Color #9b72e2 mixed toward black.

#7a43d8

#5d27bc

#461d8d

#2f135e

#170a2f

Tints

Color #9b72e2 mixed toward white.

#ac8ae7

#bca1ec

#cdb9f1

#ded0f5

#eee8fa

Tones

Color #9b72e2 mixed toward gray.

#9e7bd9

#a085cf

#a38ec6

#a597bd

#a8a1b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8bce · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#8d90c9 · ΔE 11.8

Tritanopia

#99bcb8 · ΔE 31.3

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 26.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9b72e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b72e2]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#9b72e2 (#9b72e2) is rgb(155, 114, 226) in RGB.

No, #9b72e2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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