#9c5cba

Color #9c5cba

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 13.22 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9c5cba

RGB

rgb(156, 92, 186)

HSL

hsl(280.9, 40.5%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.9, 50.5%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.1%, 50.5%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(49.82, 42.52, -39.34)

LCH

lch(49.82, 57.93, 317.22)

OKLCH

oklch(58.5%, 0.1524, 314.02)

HWB

hwb(280.9, 36.1%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7aba5c

Analogous

#6d5cba

#9c5cba

#ba5ca9

Triadic

#9c5cba

#ba9c5c

#5cba9c

Split-complementary

#9c5cba

#a9ba5c

#5cba6d

Tetradic

#9c5cba

#ba5c7a

#7aba5c

#5cba9c

Square

#9c5cba

#ba6d5c

#7aba5c

#5ca9ba

Shades

Color #9c5cba mixed toward black.

#8545a3

#6a3782

#502962

#351c41

#1b0e21

Tints

Color #9c5cba mixed toward white.

#ad77c5

#bd92d1

#ceaddc

#dec9e8

#efe4f3

Tones

Color #9c5cba mixed toward gray.

#9964b2

#966caa

#9473a2

#917b9b

#8e8393

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8585a9 · ΔE 16.8

Deuteranopia

#888da5 · ΔE 19.7

Tritanopia

#9a9a97 · ΔE 31

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 25.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c5cba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c5cba]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9c5cba (#9c5cba) is rgb(156, 92, 186) in RGB.

No, #9c5cba is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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