#9f16ff

Color #9f16ff

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 17.43 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9f16ff

RGB

rgb(159, 22, 255)

HSL

hsl(275.3, 100%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.3, 91.4%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.6%, 91.4%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(45.86, 83.47, -84.99)

LCH

lch(45.86, 119.12, 314.48)

OKLCH

oklch(57.3%, 0.2908, 303.36)

HWB

hwb(275.3, 8.6%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#76ff16

Analogous

#2b16ff

#9f16ff

#ff16ea

Triadic

#9f16ff

#ff9f16

#16ff9f

Split-complementary

#9f16ff

#eaff16

#16ff2b

Tetradic

#9f16ff

#ff1676

#76ff16

#16ff9f

Square

#9f16ff

#ff2b16

#76ff16

#16eaff

Shades

Color #9f16ff mixed toward black.

#8800e7

#6d00b9

#51008a

#36005c

#1b002e

Tints

Color #9f16ff mixed toward white.

#af3dff

#bf64ff

#cf8aff

#dfb1ff

#efd8ff

Tones

Color #9f16ff mixed toward gray.

#9c29ec

#983dd8

#9550c5

#9164b1

#8e779e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.03:1

White text reads better on this background (5.21:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7be2 · ΔE 19.4

Deuteranopia

#8188da · ΔE 23.5

Tritanopia

#9bc7c0 · ΔE 43.1

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 32.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9f16ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f16ff]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9f16ff (#9f16ff) is rgb(159, 22, 255) in RGB.

No, #9f16ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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