#782aaa

Color #782aaa

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 13.79 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#782aaa

RGB

rgb(120, 42, 170)

HSL

hsl(276.6, 60.4%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.6, 75.3%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.4%, 75.3%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(35.11, 54.8, -53.73)

LCH

lch(35.11, 76.75, 315.56)

OKLCH

oklch(46.5%, 0.1942, 308.27)

HWB

hwb(276.6, 16.5%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5caa2a

Analogous

#382aaa

#782aaa

#aa2a9c

Triadic

#782aaa

#aa782a

#2aaa78

Split-complementary

#782aaa

#9caa2a

#2aaa38

Tetradic

#782aaa

#aa2a5c

#5caa2a

#2aaa78

Square

#782aaa

#aa382a

#5caa2a

#2a9caa

Shades

Color #782aaa mixed toward black.

#64238e

#501c71

#3c1555

#280e39

#14071c

Tints

Color #782aaa mixed toward white.

#9338ce

#a960d8

#be88e2

#d4afeb

#e9d7f5

Tones

Color #782aaa mixed toward gray.

#76359f

#733f95

#714a8a

#6f557f

#6c5f75

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.71:1

White text reads better on this background (7.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#605f97 · ΔE 16.5

Deuteranopia

#636892 · ΔE 19.8

Tritanopia

#768682 · ΔE 33.3

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 28.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #782aaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#782aaa]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#782aaa (#782aaa) is rgb(120, 42, 170) in RGB.

No, #782aaa 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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