#a100e3

Color #a100e3

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 6.66 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a100e3

RGB

rgb(161, 0, 227)

HSL

hsl(282.6, 100%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.6, 100%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.1%, 100%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(42.95, 80.81, -73.96)

LCH

lch(42.95, 109.55, 317.53)

OKLCH

oklch(54.6%, 0.2758, 310.28)

HWB

hwb(282.6, 0%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#42e300

Analogous

#3000e3

#a100e3

#e300b3

Triadic

#a100e3

#e3a100

#00e3a1

Split-complementary

#a100e3

#b3e300

#00e330

Tetradic

#a100e3

#e30042

#42e300

#00e3a1

Square

#a100e3

#e33000

#42e300

#00b3e3

Shades

Color #a100e3 mixed toward black.

#8600bd

#6b0097

#510071

#36004c

#1b0026

Tints

Color #a100e3 mixed toward white.

#bb13ff

#c842ff

#d671ff

#e4a1ff

#f1d0ff

Tones

Color #a100e3 mixed toward gray.

#9913d0

#9126bd

#8939aa

#814c97

#795f84

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.62:1

White text reads better on this background (5.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7bc9 · ΔE 22.3

Deuteranopia

#8289c2 · ΔE 27

Tritanopia

#9db0aa · ΔE 40.7

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 31.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a100e3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a100e3]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#a100e3 (#a100e3) is rgb(161, 0, 227) in RGB.

No, #a100e3 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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