#a426f0

Color #a426f0

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 8.78 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a426f0

RGB

rgb(164, 38, 240)

HSL

hsl(277.4, 87.1%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.4, 84.2%, 94.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.7%, 84.2%, 0%, 5.9%)

LAB

lab(46.41, 77.86, -75.66)

LCH

lch(46.41, 108.57, 315.82)

OKLCH

oklch(57.4%, 0.2712, 307.42)

HWB

hwb(277.4, 14.9%, 5.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#72f026

Analogous

#3f26f0

#a426f0

#f026d7

Triadic

#a426f0

#f0a426

#26f0a4

Split-complementary

#a426f0

#d7f026

#26f03f

Tetradic

#a426f0

#f02672

#72f026

#26f0a4

Square

#a426f0

#f03f26

#72f026

#26d7f0

Shades

Color #a426f0 mixed toward black.

#8d0fd9

#710cad

#540982

#380657

#1c032b

Tints

Color #a426f0 mixed toward white.

#b34af3

#c26ef5

#d192f8

#e1b7fa

#f0dbfd

Tones

Color #a426f0 mixed toward gray.

#a037df

#9c48ce

#9758be

#9369ad

#8f7a9c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.11:1

White text reads better on this background (5.1:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8180d5 · ΔE 20.5

Deuteranopia

#868dce · ΔE 24.6

Tritanopia

#a0bcb6 · ΔE 39.8

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 31.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a426f0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a426f0]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a426f0 (#a426f0) is rgb(164, 38, 240) in RGB.

No, #a426f0 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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