#a420f5

Color #a420f5

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 11.33 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a420f5

RGB

rgb(164, 32, 245)

HSL

hsl(277.2, 91.4%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.2, 86.9%, 96.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.1%, 86.9%, 0%, 3.9%)

LAB

lab(46.34, 80.24, -78.58)

LCH

lch(46.34, 112.31, 315.6)

OKLCH

oklch(57.5%, 0.279, 306.61)

HWB

hwb(277.2, 12.5%, 3.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#71f520

Analogous

#3a20f5

#a420f5

#f520db

Triadic

#a420f5

#f5a420

#20f5a4

Split-complementary

#a420f5

#dbf520

#20f53a

Tetradic

#a420f5

#f52071

#71f520

#20f5a4

Square

#a420f5

#f53a20

#71f520

#20dbf5

Shades

Color #a420f5 mixed toward black.

#8d0add

#7108b1

#540685

#380458

#1c022c

Tints

Color #a420f5 mixed toward white.

#b345f7

#c26af8

#d28ffa

#e1b5fc

#f0dafd

Tones

Color #a420f5 mixed toward gray.

#a032e3

#9c43d1

#9755c0

#9367ae

#8f799c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.1:1

White text reads better on this background (5.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#807fd9 · ΔE 20.4

Deuteranopia

#868cd2 · ΔE 24.4

Tritanopia

#a0bfb9 · ΔE 40.4

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 31.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a420f5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a420f5]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a420f5 (#a420f5) is rgb(164, 32, 245) in RGB.

No, #a420f5 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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