#731ea1

Color #731ea1

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Indigo #4b0082 · ΔE 12.57 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#731ea1

RGB

rgb(115, 30, 161)

HSL

hsl(278.9, 68.6%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.9, 81.4%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.6%, 81.4%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(32.14, 56.35, -53.16)

LCH

lch(32.14, 77.47, 316.67)

OKLCH

oklch(44.1%, 0.1964, 309.79)

HWB

hwb(278.9, 11.8%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4ca11e

Analogous

#311ea1

#731ea1

#a11e8e

Triadic

#731ea1

#a1731e

#1ea173

Split-complementary

#731ea1

#8ea11e

#1ea131

Tetradic

#731ea1

#a11e4c

#4ca11e

#1ea173

Square

#731ea1

#a1311e

#4ca11e

#1e8ea1

Shades

Color #731ea1 mixed toward black.

#601986

#4d146b

#3a0f51

#260a36

#13051b

Tints

Color #731ea1 mixed toward white.

#9326ce

#aa4cde

#c079e6

#d5a5ee

#ead2f7

Tones

Color #731ea1 mixed toward gray.

#702996

#6d348b

#693f80

#664a75

#63556b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.43:1

White text reads better on this background (8.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5a8f · ΔE 17.5

Deuteranopia

#5e638a · ΔE 20.7

Tritanopia

#707e7a · ΔE 33

Achromatopsia

#4c4c4c · ΔE 28.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #731ea1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#731ea1]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#731ea1 (#731ea1) is rgb(115, 30, 161) in RGB.

No, #731ea1 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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