#7217ab

Color #7217ab

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 12.26 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 1.3

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Conversions

HEX

#7217ab

RGB

rgb(114, 23, 171)

HSL

hsl(276.9, 76.3%, 38%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.9, 86.5%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.3%, 86.5%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(32.1, 60.41, -59.26)

LCH

lch(32.1, 84.62, 315.55)

OKLCH

oklch(44.3%, 0.2107, 306.76)

HWB

hwb(276.9, 9%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#50ab17

Analogous

#2817ab

#7217ab

#ab179a

Triadic

#7217ab

#ab7217

#17ab72

Split-complementary

#7217ab

#9aab17

#17ab28

Tetradic

#7217ab

#ab1750

#50ab17

#17ab72

Square

#7217ab

#ab2817

#50ab17

#179aab

Shades

Color #7217ab mixed toward black.

#5f138e

#4c0f72

#390b55

#260839

#13041c

Tints

Color #7217ab mixed toward white.

#911dd9

#a845e6

#be74ec

#d4a2f3

#e9d1f9

Tones

Color #7217ab mixed toward gray.

#6f239f

#6c3092

#693c86

#67487a

#64556d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.43:1

White text reads better on this background (8.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#595897 · ΔE 16.8

Deuteranopia

#5d6192 · ΔE 20

Tritanopia

#6f8581 · ΔE 34.6

Achromatopsia

#4b4b4b · ΔE 29.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7217ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7217ab]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#7217ab (#7217ab) is rgb(114, 23, 171) in RGB.

No, #7217ab 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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