#781bbe

Color #781bbe

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 10.18 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#781bbe

RGB

rgb(120, 27, 190)

HSL

hsl(274.2, 75.1%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.2, 85.8%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.8%, 85.8%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(34.99, 64.27, -65.79)

LCH

lch(34.99, 91.97, 314.33)

OKLCH

oklch(46.9%, 0.2262, 303.88)

HWB

hwb(274.2, 10.6%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#61be1b

Analogous

#261bbe

#781bbe

#be1bb2

Triadic

#781bbe

#be781b

#1bbe78

Split-complementary

#781bbe

#b2be1b

#1bbe26

Tetradic

#781bbe

#be1b61

#61be1b

#1bbe78

Square

#781bbe

#be261b

#61be1b

#1bb2be

Shades

Color #781bbe mixed toward black.

#64169e

#50127f

#3c0d5f

#28093f

#140420

Tints

Color #781bbe mixed toward white.

#9229e1

#a854e7

#bd7fed

#d3a9f3

#e9d4f9

Tones

Color #781bbe mixed toward gray.

#7629b0

#7436a3

#724495

#705188

#6e5f7a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.7:1

White text reads better on this background (7.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5da8 · ΔE 16.3

Deuteranopia

#6267a2 · ΔE 19.8

Tritanopia

#75948f · ΔE 38.2

Achromatopsia

#525252 · ΔE 30

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #781bbe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#781bbe]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#781bbe (#781bbe) is rgb(120, 27, 190) in RGB.

No, #781bbe 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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