#70279e

Color #70279e

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 9.56 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#70279e

RGB

rgb(112, 39, 158)

HSL

hsl(276.8, 60.4%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.8, 75.3%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.1%, 75.3%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(32.62, 51.8, -50.57)

LCH

lch(32.62, 72.39, 315.69)

OKLCH

oklch(44.2%, 0.1835, 308.56)

HWB

hwb(276.8, 15.3%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#559e27

Analogous

#34279e

#70279e

#9e2790

Triadic

#70279e

#9e7027

#279e70

Split-complementary

#70279e

#909e27

#279e34

Tetradic

#70279e

#9e2755

#559e27

#279e70

Square

#70279e

#9e3427

#559e27

#27909e

Shades

Color #70279e mixed toward black.

#5d2084

#4b1a69

#38134f

#250d35

#13061a

Tints

Color #70279e mixed toward white.

#8e31c8

#a558d6

#bb81e0

#d2abea

#e8d5f5

Tones

Color #70279e mixed toward gray.

#6e3194

#6b3b8a

#694580

#674f76

#65596c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.47:1

White text reads better on this background (8.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#59598c · ΔE 16.2

Deuteranopia

#5d6188 · ΔE 19.1

Tritanopia

#6e7c78 · ΔE 32.1

Achromatopsia

#4d4d4d · ΔE 27.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #70279e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#70279e]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#70279e (#70279e) is rgb(112, 39, 158) in RGB.

No, #70279e is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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