#9f5ad9

Color #9f5ad9

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 10.69 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9f5ad9

RGB

rgb(159, 90, 217)

HSL

hsl(272.6, 62.6%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(272.6, 58.5%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.7%, 58.5%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(51.49, 51.32, -54.45)

LCH

lch(51.49, 74.82, 313.3)

OKLCH

oklch(60.4%, 0.1913, 306.58)

HWB

hwb(272.6, 35.3%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#94d95a

Analogous

#5f5ad9

#9f5ad9

#d95ad4

Triadic

#9f5ad9

#d99f5a

#5ad99f

Split-complementary

#9f5ad9

#d4d95a

#5ad95f

Tetradic

#9f5ad9

#d95a94

#94d95a

#5ad99f

Square

#9f5ad9

#d95f5a

#94d95a

#5ad4d9

Shades

Color #9f5ad9 mixed toward black.

#8730cf

#6c26a6

#511d7d

#361353

#1b0a2a

Tints

Color #9f5ad9 mixed toward white.

#af75df

#bf91e6

#cfacec

#dfc8f2

#efe3f9

Tones

Color #9f5ad9 mixed toward gray.

#9e65ce

#9d6fc4

#9c7ab9

#9b84af

#9a8fa4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.94:1

Black 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

#8786c4 · ΔE 15.3

Deuteranopia

#8a8fbe · ΔE 18.4

Tritanopia

#9cb1ac · ΔE 32.9

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 28

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f5ad9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f5ad9]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#9f5ad9 (#9f5ad9) is rgb(159, 90, 217) in RGB.

No, #9f5ad9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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