#9f49cd

Color #9f49cd

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 8.91 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9f49cd

RGB

rgb(159, 73, 205)

HSL

hsl(279.1, 56.9%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.1, 64.4%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.4%, 64.4%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(47.68, 57.01, -53.7)

LCH

lch(47.68, 78.32, 316.71)

OKLCH

oklch(57.4%, 0.2026, 311.68)

HWB

hwb(279.1, 28.6%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#77cd49

Analogous

#5d49cd

#9f49cd

#cd49b9

Triadic

#9f49cd

#cd9f49

#49cd9f

Split-complementary

#9f49cd

#b9cd49

#49cd5d

Tetradic

#9f49cd

#cd4977

#77cd49

#49cd9f

Square

#9f49cd

#cd5d49

#77cd49

#49b9cd

Shades

Color #9f49cd mixed toward black.

#8832b6

#6d2891

#511e6d

#361449

#1b0a24

Tints

Color #9f49cd mixed toward white.

#af67d5

#bf86de

#cfa4e6

#dfc2ee

#efe1f7

Tones

Color #9f49cd mixed toward gray.

#9c54c2

#985fb7

#956aac

#9275a1

#8e8096

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.31:1

White text reads better on this background (4.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8382b8 · ΔE 18.6

Deuteranopia

#878cb2 · ΔE 22.1

Tritanopia

#9ca5a0 · ΔE 34.7

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 28.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f49cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f49cd]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9f49cd (#9f49cd) is rgb(159, 73, 205) in RGB.

No, #9f49cd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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