#7718b3

Color #7718b3

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 10.19 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 1.9

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Conversions

HEX

#7718b3

RGB

rgb(119, 24, 179)

HSL

hsl(276.8, 76.4%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.8, 86.6%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.5%, 86.6%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(33.63, 62.57, -61.52)

LCH

lch(33.63, 87.75, 315.48)

OKLCH

oklch(45.7%, 0.2182, 306.56)

HWB

hwb(276.8, 9.4%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#54b318

Analogous

#2a18b3

#7718b3

#b318a1

Triadic

#7718b3

#b37718

#18b377

Split-complementary

#7718b3

#a1b318

#18b32a

Tetradic

#7718b3

#b31854

#54b318

#18b377

Square

#7718b3

#b32a18

#54b318

#18a1b3

Shades

Color #7718b3 mixed toward black.

#631495

#4f1077

#3c0c5a

#28083c

#14041e

Tints

Color #7718b3 mixed toward white.

#951ee0

#aa4ae7

#c078ed

#d5a5f3

#ead2f9

Tones

Color #7718b3 mixed toward gray.

#7425a6

#713299

#6e3f8c

#6b4c7f

#685972

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.57:1

White text reads better on this background (8.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5c9e · ΔE 17.2

Deuteranopia

#616699 · ΔE 20.7

Tritanopia

#748b87 · ΔE 35.5

Achromatopsia

#4f4f4f · ΔE 29.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7718b3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7718b3]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#7718b3 (#7718b3) is rgb(119, 24, 179) in RGB.

No, #7718b3 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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