#9A4FA6 colour

#9A4FA6 is a muted purple close to CSS darkorchid: RGB 154, 79, 166, HSL 292, 36%, 48%. White text passes AA (5.19:1). Tints, shades and colour harmonies.

#9A4FA6

Nearest CSS name: darkorchid #9932cc (not an exact match)
Described as: a muted purple
Red, green, blue: 154, 79, 166
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.1522 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#9a4fa6`
RGB	`rgb(154, 79, 166)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(60.4% 31% 65.1%)`
HSL	`hsl(291.7, 35.5%, 48%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(291.7, 52.4%, 65.1%)`
HWB	`hwb(291.7 31% 34.9%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(7%, 52%, 0%, 35%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(45.78% 41.79 -33.71)`
OKLCH	`oklch(55.25% 0.1516 321.95)`
Decimal	`10112934`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 5.19:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 4.04:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	5.19:1	Pass	Pass	Fail	Pass
Black	4.04:1	Fail	Pass	Fail	Fail

White text is the better choice on #9A4FA6 (5.19:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#a35fae 18%#ac6fb6 27%#b67fbe 36%#bf8fc6 45%#c89fce 55%#d1afd7 64%#dabfdf 73%#e3cfe7 82%#eddfef 91%#f6eff7

9%#8c4897 18%#7e4188 27%#703979 36%#62326a 45%#542b5b 55%#46244b 64%#381d3c 73%#2a162d 82%#1c0e1e 91%#0e070f

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#9a4fa6 #5ba64f

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#6f4fa6 #9a4fa6 #a64f87

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#9a4fa6 #a69a4f #4fa69a

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#9a4fa6 #87a64f #4fa66f

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#9a4fa6 #a66f4f #5ba64f #4f87a6

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#9a4fa6 Protanopia#4167a9 Deuteranopia#5970a4 Tritanopia#9c5b73 Achromatopsia#6d6d6d

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #9a4fa6;`
Background	`background-color: #9a4fa6;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #9a4fa6;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(154 79 166 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #9a4fa6;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9a4fa6, #5c2f64);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #c295ca, #9a4fa6);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #9a4fa6; color: #fff;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

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Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.