#7700a5

Color #7700a5

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 12.73 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#7700a5

RGB

rgb(119, 0, 165)

HSL

hsl(283.3, 100%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.3, 100%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.9%, 100%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(30.97, 64.08, -57.46)

LCH

lch(30.97, 86.07, 318.12)

OKLCH

oklch(43.5%, 0.2182, 311.54)

HWB

hwb(283.3, 0%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2ea500

Analogous

#2500a5

#7700a5

#a50081

Triadic

#7700a5

#a57700

#00a577

Split-complementary

#7700a5

#81a500

#00a525

Tetradic

#7700a5

#a5002e

#2ea500

#00a577

Square

#7700a5

#a52500

#2ea500

#0081a5

Shades

Color #7700a5 mixed toward black.

#63008a

#4f006e

#3c0053

#280037

#14001c

Tints

Color #7700a5 mixed toward white.

#a100df

#bf19ff

#cf53ff

#df8cff

#efc6ff

Tones

Color #7700a5 mixed toward gray.

#710e97

#6b1c8a

#65297c

#5f376e

#594560

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.33:1

White text reads better on this background (9.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5a91 · ΔE 19.3

Deuteranopia

#5f658c · ΔE 23.2

Tritanopia

#747f7b · ΔE 34.9

Achromatopsia

#494949 · ΔE 29.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7700a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7700a5]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#7700a5 (#7700a5) is rgb(119, 0, 165) in RGB.

No, #7700a5 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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