#a23bc1

Color #a23bc1

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 9.39 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a23bc1

RGB

rgb(162, 59, 193)

HSL

hsl(286.1, 53.2%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.1, 69.4%, 75.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.1%, 69.4%, 0%, 24.3%)

LAB

lab(45.17, 61.3, -50.77)

LCH

lch(45.17, 79.59, 320.37)

OKLCH

oklch(55.4%, 0.2103, 317.31)

HWB

hwb(286.1, 23.1%, 24.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5ac13b

Analogous

#5f3bc1

#a23bc1

#c13b9d

Triadic

#a23bc1

#c1a23b

#3bc1a2

Split-complementary

#a23bc1

#9dc13b

#3bc15f

Tetradic

#a23bc1

#c13b5a

#5ac13b

#3bc1a2

Square

#a23bc1

#c15f3b

#5ac13b

#3b9dc1

Shades

Color #a23bc1 mixed toward black.

#8731a1

#6c2781

#511d60

#361440

#1b0a20

Tints

Color #a23bc1 mixed toward white.

#b25acd

#c27bd7

#d19ce1

#e0bdeb

#f0def5

Tones

Color #a23bc1 mixed toward gray.

#9c46b6

#9651ab

#905c9f

#8a6894

#847389

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.93:1

White text reads better on this background (5.34:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8281ac · ΔE 21.8

Deuteranopia

#878da7 · ΔE 25.8

Tritanopia

#9f9a95 · ΔE 36.3

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 28.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a23bc1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a23bc1]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#a23bc1 (#a23bc1) is rgb(162, 59, 193) in RGB.

No, #a23bc1 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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