#9f2aff

Color #9f2aff

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 13.25 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9f2aff

RGB

rgb(159, 42, 255)

HSL

hsl(273, 100%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273, 83.5%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.6%, 83.5%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(47.3, 79.2, -82.63)

LCH

lch(47.3, 114.46, 313.79)

OKLCH

oklch(58.2%, 0.2804, 302.64)

HWB

hwb(273, 16.5%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8aff2a

Analogous

#342aff

#9f2aff

#ff2af4

Triadic

#9f2aff

#ff9f2a

#2aff9f

Split-complementary

#9f2aff

#f4ff2a

#2aff34

Tetradic

#9f2aff

#ff2a8a

#8aff2a

#2aff9f

Square

#9f2aff

#ff342a

#8aff2a

#2af4ff

Shades

Color #9f2aff mixed toward black.

#8800f7

#6d00c6

#520094

#360063

#1b0031

Tints

Color #9f2aff mixed toward white.

#af4dff

#bf71ff

#cf94ff

#dfb8ff

#efdbff

Tones

Color #9f2aff mixed toward gray.

#9d3ced

#9c4ddb

#9a5fca

#9871b8

#9683a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.25:1

White text reads better on this background (4.94:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7de2 · ΔE 18.5

Deuteranopia

#8389db · ΔE 22.1

Tritanopia

#9cc8c1 · ΔE 42.2

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 32

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f2aff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f2aff]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#9f2aff (#9f2aff) is rgb(159, 42, 255) in RGB.

No, #9f2aff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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