#9c53cd

Color #9c53cd

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 9.76 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9c53cd

RGB

rgb(156, 83, 205)

HSL

hsl(275.9, 55%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.9, 59.5%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.9%, 59.5%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(49.08, 51.45, -51.47)

LCH

lch(49.08, 72.78, 314.99)

OKLCH

oklch(58.3%, 0.1874, 309.37)

HWB

hwb(275.9, 32.5%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#84cd53

Analogous

#5f53cd

#9c53cd

#cd53c1

Triadic

#9c53cd

#cd9c53

#53cd9c

Split-complementary

#9c53cd

#c1cd53

#53cd5f

Tetradic

#9c53cd

#cd5384

#84cd53

#53cd9c

Square

#9c53cd

#cd5f53

#84cd53

#53c1cd

Shades

Color #9c53cd mixed toward black.

#8536ba

#6a2b95

#502070

#35164a

#1b0b25

Tints

Color #9c53cd mixed toward white.

#ad70d5

#bd8cde

#cea9e6

#dec6ee

#efe2f7

Tones

Color #9c53cd mixed toward gray.

#9a5dc3

#9867b9

#9672af

#947ca4

#92869a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.53:1

White text reads better on this background (4.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8382b9 · ΔE 16.5

Deuteranopia

#868bb3 · ΔE 19.7

Tritanopia

#99a6a2 · ΔE 32.1

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 27.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9c53cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c53cd]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9c53cd (#9c53cd) is rgb(156, 83, 205) in RGB.

No, #9c53cd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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