#a33ae4

Color #a33ae4

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 8.97 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a33ae4

RGB

rgb(163, 58, 228)

HSL

hsl(277.1, 75.9%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.1, 74.6%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.5%, 74.6%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(47.51, 68.99, -67.08)

LCH

lch(47.51, 96.23, 315.8)

OKLCH

oklch(57.9%, 0.2438, 308.64)

HWB

hwb(277.1, 22.7%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7be43a

Analogous

#4e3ae4

#a33ae4

#e43ad0

Triadic

#a33ae4

#e4a33a

#3ae4a3

Split-complementary

#a33ae4

#d0e43a

#3ae44e

Tetradic

#a33ae4

#e43a7b

#7be43a

#3ae4a3

Square

#a33ae4

#e44e3a

#7be43a

#3ad0e4

Shades

Color #a33ae4 mixed toward black.

#8d1dd2

#7117a8

#54117e

#380b54

#1c062a

Tints

Color #a33ae4 mixed toward white.

#b25be9

#c27ced

#d19df2

#e0bdf6

#f0defb

Tones

Color #a33ae4 mixed toward gray.

#a048d6

#9c56c8

#9965ba

#9673ab

#92819d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.28:1

White text reads better on this background (4.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8382cb · ΔE 19.5

Deuteranopia

#888ec5 · ΔE 23.3

Tritanopia

#a0b4af · ΔE 36.9

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 30.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a33ae4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a33ae4]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a33ae4 (#a33ae4) is rgb(163, 58, 228) in RGB.

No, #a33ae4 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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