#7717ae

Color #7717ae

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 10.83 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 1.9

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Conversions

HEX

#7717ae

RGB

rgb(119, 23, 174)

HSL

hsl(278.1, 76.6%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.1, 86.8%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.6%, 86.8%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(33.12, 61.77, -59.37)

LCH

lch(33.12, 85.68, 316.13)

OKLCH

oklch(45.2%, 0.2146, 308.03)

HWB

hwb(278.1, 9%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4eae17

Analogous

#2b17ae

#7717ae

#ae1799

Triadic

#7717ae

#ae7717

#17ae77

Split-complementary

#7717ae

#99ae17

#17ae2b

Tetradic

#7717ae

#ae174e

#4eae17

#17ae77

Square

#7717ae

#ae2b17

#4eae17

#1799ae

Shades

Color #7717ae mixed toward black.

#631391

#4f0f74

#3b0c57

#28083a

#14041d

Tints

Color #7717ae mixed toward white.

#961ddc

#ac47e7

#c175ed

#d6a3f3

#ead1f9

Tones

Color #7717ae mixed toward gray.

#7324a1

#703095

#6d3d88

#69497c

#66566f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.52:1

White text reads better on this background (8.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5c9a · ΔE 17.6

Deuteranopia

#616695 · ΔE 21.1

Tritanopia

#748783 · ΔE 34.8

Achromatopsia

#4e4e4e · ΔE 29.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7717ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7717ae]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#7717ae (#7717ae) is rgb(119, 23, 174) in RGB.

No, #7717ae 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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