#a235ed

Color #a235ed

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 6.35 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a235ed

RGB

rgb(162, 53, 237)

HSL

hsl(275.5, 83.6%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.5, 77.6%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.6%, 77.6%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(47.42, 72.49, -72.32)

LCH

lch(47.42, 102.4, 315.07)

OKLCH

oklch(58%, 0.2564, 306.63)

HWB

hwb(275.5, 20.8%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#80ed35

Analogous

#4635ed

#a235ed

#ed35dc

Triadic

#a235ed

#eda235

#35eda2

Split-complementary

#a235ed

#dced35

#35ed46

Tetradic

#a235ed

#ed3580

#80ed35

#35eda2

Square

#a235ed

#ed4635

#80ed35

#35dced

Shades

Color #a235ed mixed toward black.

#8b14de

#7010b2

#540c85

#380859

#1c042c

Tints

Color #a235ed mixed toward white.

#b157f0

#c178f3

#d09af6

#e0bcf9

#efddfc

Tones

Color #a235ed mixed toward gray.

#9f45de

#9c54ce

#9a63bf

#9772b0

#9482a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.27:1

White text reads better on this background (4.92:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8180d3 · ΔE 19.1

Deuteranopia

#868ccc · ΔE 22.9

Tritanopia

#9fbbb5 · ΔE 38.8

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 31

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a235ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a235ed]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a235ed (#a235ed) is rgb(162, 53, 237) in RGB.

No, #a235ed 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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