#9d00dd

Color #9d00dd

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 4.2 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#9d00dd

RGB

rgb(157, 0, 221)

HSL

hsl(282.6, 100%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.6, 100%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(29%, 100%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(41.83, 79.23, -72.39)

LCH

lch(41.83, 107.32, 317.58)

OKLCH

oklch(53.6%, 0.2704, 310.39)

HWB

hwb(282.6, 0%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#40dd00

Analogous

#2e00dd

#9d00dd

#dd00ae

Triadic

#9d00dd

#dd9d00

#00dd9d

Split-complementary

#9d00dd

#aedd00

#00dd2e

Tetradic

#9d00dd

#dd0040

#40dd00

#00dd9d

Square

#9d00dd

#dd2e00

#40dd00

#00aedd

Shades

Color #9d00dd mixed toward black.

#8300b8

#690093

#4e006e

#34004a

#1a0025

Tints

Color #9d00dd mixed toward white.

#b90eff

#c73eff

#d56eff

#e39fff

#f1cfff

Tones

Color #9d00dd mixed toward gray.

#9512ca

#8d25b8

#8637a6

#7e4a93

#765c81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.48:1

White text reads better on this background (6.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7978c3 · ΔE 22.1

Deuteranopia

#7f85bd · ΔE 26.5

Tritanopia

#99aca6 · ΔE 40.7

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 31.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9d00dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9d00dd]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9d00dd (#9d00dd) is rgb(157, 0, 221) in RGB.

No, #9d00dd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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