#a351cd

Color #a351cd

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 7.14 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a351cd

RGB

rgb(163, 81, 205)

HSL

hsl(279.7, 55.4%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.7, 60.5%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.5%, 60.5%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(49.59, 54.13, -50.61)

LCH

lch(49.59, 74.1, 316.92)

OKLCH

oklch(58.9%, 0.1928, 312.48)

HWB

hwb(279.7, 31.8%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7bcd51

Analogous

#6551cd

#a351cd

#cd51b9

Triadic

#a351cd

#cda351

#51cda3

Split-complementary

#a351cd

#b9cd51

#51cd65

Tetradic

#a351cd

#cd517b

#7bcd51

#51cda3

Square

#a351cd

#cd6551

#7bcd51

#51b9cd

Shades

Color #a351cd mixed toward black.

#8d35b9

#702b94

#54206f

#38154a

#1c0b25

Tints

Color #a351cd mixed toward white.

#b26ed5

#c28bde

#d1a8e6

#e0c5ee

#f0e2f7

Tones

Color #a351cd mixed toward gray.

#a05bc3

#9c66b8

#9970ae

#967aa4

#928599

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8787b9 · ΔE 18.5

Deuteranopia

#8b91b3 · ΔE 21.8

Tritanopia

#a0a6a2 · ΔE 33.3

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 27.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a351cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a351cd]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#a351cd (#a351cd) is rgb(163, 81, 205) in RGB.

No, #a351cd 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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