#9c38ff

Color #9c38ff

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 9.82 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9c38ff

RGB

rgb(156, 56, 255)

HSL

hsl(270.2, 100%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270.2, 78%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.8%, 78%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(48.41, 74.41, -80.83)

LCH

lch(48.41, 109.87, 312.63)

OKLCH

oklch(58.9%, 0.2691, 300.87)

HWB

hwb(270.2, 22%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9bff38

Analogous

#3938ff

#9c38ff

#ff38fe

Triadic

#9c38ff

#ff9c38

#38ff9c

Split-complementary

#9c38ff

#feff38

#38ff39

Tetradic

#9c38ff

#ff389b

#9bff38

#38ff9c

Square

#9c38ff

#ff3938

#9bff38

#38feff

Shades

Color #9c38ff mixed toward black.

#8204ff

#6800cf

#4e009c

#340068

#1a0034

Tints

Color #9c38ff mixed toward white.

#ad59ff

#bd7aff

#ce9cff

#debdff

#efdeff

Tones

Color #9c38ff mixed toward gray.

#9c49ee

#9c59de

#9c6acd

#9c7abd

#9c8bac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.42:1

White text reads better on this background (4.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7ce3 · ΔE 16.6

Deuteranopia

#8288db · ΔE 20.3

Tritanopia

#99c9c3 · ΔE 41.3

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 31.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c38ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c38ff]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#9c38ff (#9c38ff) is rgb(156, 56, 255) in RGB.

No, #9c38ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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