#9e80ea

Color #9e80ea

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 6.02 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9e80ea

RGB

rgb(158, 128, 234)

HSL

hsl(257, 71.6%, 71%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257, 45.3%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.5%, 45.3%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(60.47, 34.38, -49.69)

LCH

lch(60.47, 60.42, 304.68)

OKLCH

oklch(67.3%, 0.1542, 294.97)

HWB

hwb(257, 50.2%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ccea80

Analogous

#8097ea

#9e80ea

#d380ea

Triadic

#9e80ea

#ea9e80

#80ea9e

Split-complementary

#9e80ea

#ead380

#97ea80

Tetradic

#9e80ea

#ea80cc

#ccea80

#80ea9e

Square

#9e80ea

#ea8097

#ccea80

#80ead3

Shades

Color #9e80ea mixed toward black.

#774ce1

#5322cf

#3e1a9b

#2a1168

#150934

Tints

Color #9e80ea mixed toward white.

#ae95ed

#beaaf1

#cfc0f4

#dfd5f8

#efeafb

Tones

Color #9e80ea mixed toward gray.

#a289e1

#a692d8

#aa9bd0

#ada3c7

#b1acbe

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9292d6 · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#9496d1 · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#9dc5c1 · ΔE 30.8

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 25.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9e80ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e80ea]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#9e80ea (#9e80ea) is rgb(158, 128, 234) in RGB.

No, #9e80ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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