#9f11bc

Color #9f11bc

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 8.43 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 1.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9f11bc

RGB

rgb(159, 17, 188)

HSL

hsl(289.8, 83.4%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(289.8, 91%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.4%, 91%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(40.25, 71.68, -55.78)

LCH

lch(40.25, 90.83, 322.11)

OKLCH

oklch(51.7%, 0.2408, 319.28)

HWB

hwb(289.8, 6.7%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2ebc11

Analogous

#4911bc

#9f11bc

#bc1184

Triadic

#9f11bc

#bc9f11

#11bc9f

Split-complementary

#9f11bc

#84bc11

#11bc49

Tetradic

#9f11bc

#bc112e

#2ebc11

#11bc9f

Square

#9f11bc

#bc4911

#2ebc11

#1184bc

Shades

Color #9f11bc mixed toward black.

#840e9d

#6a0b7d

#4f095e

#35063f

#1a031f

Tints

Color #9f11bc mixed toward white.

#c616ea

#d145ee

#dd73f2

#e8a2f7

#f4d0fb

Tones

Color #9f11bc mixed toward gray.

#961fae

#8c2ea0

#833c91

#794a83

#705875

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.28:1

White text reads better on this background (6.4:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7aa6 · ΔE 24.5

Deuteranopia

#8188a0 · ΔE 29.2

Tritanopia

#9b928d · ΔE 38.3

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 29.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f11bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f11bc]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#9f11bc (#9f11bc) is rgb(159, 17, 188) in RGB.

No, #9f11bc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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