#a138e3

Color #a138e3

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 8.69 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a138e3

RGB

rgb(161, 56, 227)

HSL

hsl(276.8, 75.3%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.8, 75.3%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.1%, 75.3%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(46.91, 69.17, -67.5)

LCH

lch(46.91, 96.65, 315.7)

OKLCH

oklch(57.4%, 0.2443, 308.32)

HWB

hwb(276.8, 22%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7ae338

Analogous

#4b38e3

#a138e3

#e338d0

Triadic

#a138e3

#e3a138

#38e3a1

Split-complementary

#a138e3

#d0e338

#38e34b

Tetradic

#a138e3

#e3387a

#7ae338

#38e3a1

Square

#a138e3

#e34b38

#7ae338

#38d0e3

Shades

Color #a138e3 mixed toward black.

#8a1dcf

#6e17a5

#53117c

#370c53

#1c0629

Tints

Color #a138e3 mixed toward white.

#b159e8

#c07aec

#d09cf1

#e0bdf6

#efdefa

Tones

Color #a138e3 mixed toward gray.

#9e46d5

#9a55c6

#9763b8

#9471aa

#917f9c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.19:1

White text reads better on this background (5.01:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8180ca · ΔE 19.4

Deuteranopia

#868cc4 · ΔE 23.3

Tritanopia

#9eb3ae · ΔE 37.1

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 30.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a138e3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a138e3]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a138e3 (#a138e3) is rgb(161, 56, 227) in RGB.

No, #a138e3 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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