#7e28b2

Color #7e28b2

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 10.39 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#7e28b2

RGB

rgb(126, 40, 178)

HSL

hsl(277.4, 63.3%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.4, 77.5%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.2%, 77.5%, 0%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(36.31, 58.44, -56.51)

LCH

lch(36.31, 81.29, 315.96)

OKLCH

oklch(47.7%, 0.2057, 308.7)

HWB

hwb(277.4, 15.7%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5cb228

Analogous

#3928b2

#7e28b2

#b228a1

Triadic

#7e28b2

#b27e28

#28b27e

Split-complementary

#7e28b2

#a1b228

#28b239

Tetradic

#7e28b2

#b2285c

#5cb228

#28b27e

Square

#7e28b2

#b23928

#5cb228

#28a1b2

Shades

Color #7e28b2 mixed toward black.

#692194

#541b77

#3f1459

#2a0d3b

#15071e

Tints

Color #7e28b2 mixed toward white.

#9838d2

#ad60db

#c188e4

#d6afed

#ead7f6

Tones

Color #7e28b2 mixed toward gray.

#7b33a6

#783f9b

#754a8f

#735684

#706178

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.83:1

White text reads better on this background (7.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#64639e · ΔE 17.3

Deuteranopia

#686d99 · ΔE 20.9

Tritanopia

#7b8c87 · ΔE 35.3

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 28.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7e28b2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e28b2]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#7e28b2 (#7e28b2) is rgb(126, 40, 178) in RGB.

No, #7e28b2 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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