#a23ce4

Color #a23ce4

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 8.51 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a23ce4

RGB

rgb(162, 60, 228)

HSL

hsl(276.4, 75.7%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.4, 73.7%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.9%, 73.7%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(47.64, 68.05, -66.87)

LCH

lch(47.64, 95.41, 315.5)

OKLCH

oklch(57.9%, 0.2414, 308.15)

HWB

hwb(276.4, 23.5%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7ee43c

Analogous

#4e3ce4

#a23ce4

#e43cd2

Triadic

#a23ce4

#e4a23c

#3ce4a2

Split-complementary

#a23ce4

#d2e43c

#3ce44e

Tetradic

#a23ce4

#e43c7e

#7ee43c

#3ce4a2

Square

#a23ce4

#e44e3c

#7ee43c

#3cd2e4

Shades

Color #a23ce4 mixed toward black.

#8b1dd3

#7017a9

#54127f

#380c54

#1c062a

Tints

Color #a23ce4 mixed toward white.

#b15de9

#c17ded

#d09ef2

#e0bef6

#efdffb

Tones

Color #a23ce4 mixed toward gray.

#9f4ad6

#9c58c8

#9966ba

#9674ac

#93829e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.3:1

White text reads better on this background (4.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8282cb · ΔE 19.3

Deuteranopia

#878dc5 · ΔE 22.8

Tritanopia

#9fb5af · ΔE 37.6

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 30.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a23ce4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a23ce4]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a23ce4 (#a23ce4) is rgb(162, 60, 228) in RGB.

No, #a23ce4 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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