#a161e2

Color #a161e2

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 12.38 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a161e2

RGB

rgb(161, 97, 226)

HSL

hsl(269.8, 69%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(269.8, 57.1%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.8%, 57.1%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(53.62, 50.26, -56.11)

LCH

lch(53.62, 75.33, 311.85)

OKLCH

oklch(62.2%, 0.1917, 304.29)

HWB

hwb(269.8, 38%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2e261

Analogous

#6161e2

#a161e2

#e261e2

Triadic

#a161e2

#e2a161

#61e2a1

Split-complementary

#a161e2

#e2e261

#61e261

Tetradic

#a161e2

#e261a2

#a2e261

#61e2a1

Square

#a161e2

#e26161

#a2e261

#61e2e2

Shades

Color #a161e2 mixed toward black.

#8633da

#6b21b6

#501988

#36115b

#1b082d

Tints

Color #a161e2 mixed toward white.

#b17be7

#c096ec

#d0b0f0

#e0caf5

#efe5fa

Tones

Color #a161e2 mixed toward gray.

#a16cd7

#a176cc

#a181c2

#a18cb7

#a197ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.32:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a89cc · ΔE 14

Deuteranopia

#8d92c7 · ΔE 17

Tritanopia

#9fb9b4 · ΔE 33.1

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 28

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a161e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a161e2]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#a161e2 (#a161e2) is rgb(161, 97, 226) in RGB.

No, #a161e2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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