#7518ae

Color #7518ae

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 11.2 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#7518ae

RGB

rgb(117, 24, 174)

HSL

hsl(277.2, 75.8%, 38.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.2, 86.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.8%, 86.2%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(32.9, 61.22, -59.73)

LCH

lch(32.9, 85.53, 315.71)

OKLCH

oklch(45%, 0.2134, 307.13)

HWB

hwb(277.2, 9.4%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#51ae18

Analogous

#2a18ae

#7518ae

#ae189c

Triadic

#7518ae

#ae7518

#18ae75

Split-complementary

#7518ae

#9cae18

#18ae2a

Tetradic

#7518ae

#ae1851

#51ae18

#18ae75

Square

#7518ae

#ae2a18

#51ae18

#189cae

Shades

Color #7518ae mixed toward black.

#611491

#4e1074

#3a0c57

#27083a

#13041d

Tints

Color #7518ae mixed toward white.

#941edc

#aa48e6

#bf76ec

#d4a4f2

#ead1f9

Tones

Color #7518ae mixed toward gray.

#7224a1

#6f3195

#6c3d88

#694a7c

#66566f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.5:1

White text reads better on this background (8.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5a9a · ΔE 17

Deuteranopia

#5f6495 · ΔE 20.5

Tritanopia

#728783 · ΔE 34.8

Achromatopsia

#4d4d4d · ΔE 29.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7518ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7518ae]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#7518ae (#7518ae) is rgb(117, 24, 174) in RGB.

No, #7518ae 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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