#9c49ea

Color #9c49ea

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 9.89 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9c49ea

RGB

rgb(156, 73, 234)

HSL

hsl(270.9, 79.3%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270.9, 68.8%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.3%, 68.8%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(49.22, 62.83, -67.74)

LCH

lch(49.22, 92.39, 312.85)

OKLCH

oklch(59%, 0.2313, 303.57)

HWB

hwb(270.9, 28.6%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97ea49

Analogous

#4b49ea

#9c49ea

#ea49e8

Triadic

#9c49ea

#ea9c49

#49ea9c

Split-complementary

#9c49ea

#e8ea49

#49ea4b

Tetradic

#9c49ea

#ea4997

#97ea49

#49ea9c

Square

#9c49ea

#ea4b49

#97ea49

#49e8ea

Shades

Color #9c49ea mixed toward black.

#831be5

#6915b7

#4f108a

#340b5c

#1a052e

Tints

Color #9c49ea mixed toward white.

#ac67ed

#bd86f1

#cda4f4

#dec2f8

#eee1fb

Tones

Color #9c49ea mixed toward gray.

#9c56dd

#9b64cf

#9b71c2

#9a7fb4

#9a8ca7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.55:1

White text reads better on this background (4.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8080d1 · ΔE 16.3

Deuteranopia

#858acb · ΔE 19.4

Tritanopia

#99bbb5 · ΔE 37.5

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 30

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c49ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c49ea]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#9c49ea (#9c49ea) is rgb(156, 73, 234) in RGB.

No, #9c49ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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