#a400da

Color #a400da

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 4.63 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a400da

RGB

rgb(164, 0, 218)

HSL

hsl(285.1, 100%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285.1, 100%, 85.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.8%, 100%, 0%, 14.5%)

LAB

lab(42.7, 79.54, -69.2)

LCH

lch(42.7, 105.43, 318.98)

OKLCH

oklch(54.3%, 0.2698, 313.32)

HWB

hwb(285.1, 0%, 14.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#36da00

Analogous

#3700da

#a400da

#da00a3

Triadic

#a400da

#daa400

#00daa4

Split-complementary

#a400da

#a3da00

#00da37

Tetradic

#a400da

#da0036

#36da00

#00daa4

Square

#a400da

#da3700

#36da00

#00a3da

Shades

Color #a400da mixed toward black.

#8800b5

#6d0091

#52006d

#370049

#1b0024

Tints

Color #a400da mixed toward white.

#c30bff

#cf3cff

#db6dff

#e79eff

#f3ceff

Tones

Color #a400da mixed toward gray.

#9b12c8

#9124b5

#8836a3

#7f4991

#765b7f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.59:1

White text reads better on this background (5.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7ec1 · ΔE 23.7

Deuteranopia

#848bba · ΔE 28.2

Tritanopia

#a0a9a3 · ΔE 40.9

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 31.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a400da;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a400da]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#a400da (#a400da) is rgb(164, 0, 218) in RGB.

No, #a400da 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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