#a01ce9

Color #a01ce9

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 6.91 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a01ce9

RGB

rgb(160, 28, 233)

HSL

hsl(278.6, 82.3%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.6, 88%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.3%, 88%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(44.5, 78.2, -74.84)

LCH

lch(44.5, 108.24, 316.26)

OKLCH

oklch(55.8%, 0.2706, 308.03)

HWB

hwb(278.6, 11%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#65e91c

Analogous

#3a1ce9

#a01ce9

#e91ccc

Triadic

#a01ce9

#e9a01c

#1ce9a0

Split-complementary

#a01ce9

#cce91c

#1ce93a

Tetradic

#a01ce9

#e91c65

#65e91c

#1ce9a0

Square

#a01ce9

#e93a1c

#65e91c

#1ccce9

Shades

Color #a01ce9 mixed toward black.

#8613c6

#6c0f9f

#510c77

#36084f

#1b0428

Tints

Color #a01ce9 mixed toward white.

#b042ed

#c068f0

#cf8ef4

#dfb3f8

#efd9fb

Tones

Color #a01ce9 mixed toward gray.

#9b2dd8

#963ec7

#914fb6

#8c60a5

#877194

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.84:1

White text reads better on this background (5.47:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7cce · ΔE 20.9

Deuteranopia

#8289c7 · ΔE 25.2

Tritanopia

#9cb6b0 · ΔE 40.1

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 31.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a01ce9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a01ce9]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a01ce9 (#a01ce9) is rgb(160, 28, 233) in RGB.

No, #a01ce9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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