#a342de

Color #a342de

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 5.45 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a342de

RGB

rgb(163, 66, 222)

HSL

hsl(277.3, 70.3%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.3, 70.3%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.6%, 70.3%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(48.21, 64.57, -62.55)

LCH

lch(48.21, 89.9, 315.91)

OKLCH

oklch(58.2%, 0.2293, 309.44)

HWB

hwb(277.3, 25.9%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7dde42

Analogous

#5542de

#a342de

#de42cb

Triadic

#a342de

#dea342

#42dea3

Split-complementary

#a342de

#cbde42

#42de55

Tetradic

#a342de

#de427d

#7dde42

#42dea3

Square

#a342de

#de5542

#7dde42

#42cbde

Shades

Color #a342de mixed toward black.

#8d24cc

#701da4

#54157b

#380e52

#1c0729

Tints

Color #a342de mixed toward white.

#b262e4

#c281e9

#d1a1ef

#e0c0f4

#f0e0fa

Tones

Color #a342de mixed toward gray.

#a04fd1

#9d5cc4

#9a69b7

#9676aa

#93839d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.39:1

White text reads better on this background (4.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8483c6 · ΔE 19

Deuteranopia

#898fc0 · ΔE 22.8

Tritanopia

#a0b1ab · ΔE 36.7

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 29.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a342de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a342de]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a342de (#a342de) is rgb(163, 66, 222) in RGB.

No, #a342de 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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