#a158e5

Color #a158e5

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 12.93 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a158e5

RGB

rgb(161, 88, 229)

HSL

hsl(271.1, 73.1%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(271.1, 61.6%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.7%, 61.6%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(52.08, 55.58, -60.28)

LCH

lch(52.08, 81.99, 312.68)

OKLCH

oklch(61.1%, 0.2078, 304.83)

HWB

hwb(271.1, 34.5%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ce558

Analogous

#5b58e5

#a158e5

#e558e2

Triadic

#a158e5

#e5a158

#58e5a1

Split-complementary

#a158e5

#e2e558

#58e55b

Tetradic

#a158e5

#e5589c

#9ce558

#58e5a1

Square

#a158e5

#e55b58

#9ce558

#58e2e5

Shades

Color #a158e5 mixed toward black.

#872ade

#6d1cb7

#511589

#360e5c

#1b072e

Tints

Color #a158e5 mixed toward white.

#b174e9

#c090ee

#d0acf2

#e0c7f6

#efe3fb

Tones

Color #a158e5 mixed toward gray.

#a164d9

#a070ce

#a07bc2

#9f87b6

#9f93aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8887ce · ΔE 15.3

Deuteranopia

#8b90c8 · ΔE 18.3

Tritanopia

#9eb9b4 · ΔE 34.3

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 28.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a158e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a158e5]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#a158e5 (#a158e5) is rgb(161, 88, 229) in RGB.

No, #a158e5 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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