#981ae5

Color #981ae5

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 5.93 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#981ae5

RGB

rgb(152, 26, 229)

HSL

hsl(277.2, 79.6%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.2, 88.6%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.6%, 88.6%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(42.87, 76.78, -75.28)

LCH

lch(42.87, 107.53, 315.57)

OKLCH

oklch(54.3%, 0.2666, 306.4)

HWB

hwb(277.2, 10.2%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#67e51a

Analogous

#321ae5

#981ae5

#e51acd

Triadic

#981ae5

#e5981a

#1ae598

Split-complementary

#981ae5

#cde51a

#1ae532

Tetradic

#981ae5

#e51a67

#67e51a

#1ae598

Square

#981ae5

#e5321a

#67e51a

#1acde5

Shades

Color #981ae5 mixed toward black.

#7f16bf

#651199

#4c0d72

#33094c

#190426

Tints

Color #981ae5 mixed toward white.

#a940e9

#ba66ee

#cb8df2

#ddb3f6

#eed9fb

Tones

Color #981ae5 mixed toward gray.

#942bd4

#903cc3

#8c4db2

#885ea1

#846f90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.61:1

White text reads better on this background (5.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7676cb · ΔE 20

Deuteranopia

#7c82c4 · ΔE 24

Tritanopia

#95b3ad · ΔE 40.7

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 31.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #981ae5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#981ae5]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#981ae5 (#981ae5) is rgb(152, 26, 229) in RGB.

No, #981ae5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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