#a047e2

Color #a047e2

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 7.04 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a047e2

RGB

rgb(160, 71, 226)

HSL

hsl(274.5, 72.8%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.5, 68.6%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.2%, 68.6%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(48.85, 62.7, -63.8)

LCH

lch(48.85, 89.45, 314.5)

OKLCH

oklch(58.7%, 0.2265, 307)

HWB

hwb(274.5, 27.8%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#89e247

Analogous

#5247e2

#a047e2

#e247d6

Triadic

#a047e2

#e2a047

#47e2a0

Split-complementary

#a047e2

#d6e247

#47e252

Tetradic

#a047e2

#e24789

#89e247

#47e2a0

Square

#a047e2

#e25247

#89e247

#47d6e2

Shades

Color #a047e2 mixed toward black.

#8922d6

#6e1bab

#521480

#370d55

#1b072b

Tints

Color #a047e2 mixed toward white.

#b066e7

#c084ec

#d0a3f1

#dfc2f5

#efe0fa

Tones

Color #a047e2 mixed toward gray.

#9e54d5

#9c61c8

#9a6ebb

#987bae

#9687a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.49:1

White text reads better on this background (4.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8382ca · ΔE 17.6

Deuteranopia

#878dc4 · ΔE 21.2

Tritanopia

#9db4af · ΔE 35.7

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 29.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a047e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a047e2]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a047e2 (#a047e2) is rgb(160, 71, 226) in RGB.

No, #a047e2 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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