#9c50bb

Color #9c50bb

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 12.36 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9c50bb

RGB

rgb(156, 80, 187)

HSL

hsl(282.6, 44%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.6, 57.2%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.6%, 57.2%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(47.49, 49.03, -43.62)

LCH

lch(47.49, 65.63, 318.34)

OKLCH

oklch(56.8%, 0.1727, 315.07)

HWB

hwb(282.6, 31.4%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6fbb50

Analogous

#6750bb

#9c50bb

#bb50a5

Triadic

#9c50bb

#bb9c50

#50bb9c

Split-complementary

#9c50bb

#a5bb50

#50bb67

Tetradic

#9c50bb

#bb506f

#6fbb50

#50bb9c

Square

#9c50bb

#bb6750

#6fbb50

#50a5bb

Shades

Color #9c50bb mixed toward black.

#843ea0

#6a3280

#4f2560

#351940

#1a0c20

Tints

Color #9c50bb mixed toward white.

#ad6dc6

#bd8ad2

#cea8dd

#dec5e8

#efe2f4

Tones

Color #9c50bb mixed toward gray.

#9859b2

#9562a9

#916ba0

#8d7497

#897d8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.28:1

White text reads better on this background (4.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8281a9 · ΔE 18.3

Deuteranopia

#868ba4 · ΔE 21.8

Tritanopia

#999995 · ΔE 33.8

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 26.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c50bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c50bb]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9c50bb (#9c50bb) is rgb(156, 80, 187) in RGB.

No, #9c50bb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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