#9f56bc

Color #9f56bc

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 14.15 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9f56bc

RGB

rgb(159, 86, 188)

HSL

hsl(282.9, 43.2%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.9, 54.3%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.4%, 54.3%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(49.08, 46.96, -41.65)

LCH

lch(49.08, 62.77, 318.43)

OKLCH

oklch(58.1%, 0.1657, 315.46)

HWB

hwb(282.9, 33.7%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#73bc56

Analogous

#6c56bc

#9f56bc

#bc56a6

Triadic

#9f56bc

#bc9f56

#56bc9f

Split-complementary

#9f56bc

#a6bc56

#56bc6c

Tetradic

#9f56bc

#bc5673

#73bc56

#56bc9f

Square

#9f56bc

#bc6c56

#73bc56

#56a6bc

Shades

Color #9f56bc mixed toward black.

#8741a3

#6c3483

#512762

#361a41

#1b0d21

Tints

Color #9f56bc mixed toward white.

#af72c7

#bf8ed2

#cfaadd

#dfc7e9

#efe3f4

Tones

Color #9f56bc mixed toward gray.

#9b5eb3

#9867ab

#946fa2

#90789a

#8d8091

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.53:1

White text reads better on this background (4.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8685aa · ΔE 18.1

Deuteranopia

#898ea6 · ΔE 21.2

Tritanopia

#9c9a97 · ΔE 31.4

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 26.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9f56bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f56bc]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#9f56bc (#9f56bc) is rgb(159, 86, 188) in RGB.

No, #9f56bc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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