#a445ee

Color #a445ee

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 10.11 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a445ee

RGB

rgb(164, 69, 238)

HSL

hsl(273.7, 83.3%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.7, 71%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.1%, 71%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(49.88, 66.96, -68.87)

LCH

lch(49.88, 96.06, 314.19)

OKLCH

oklch(59.8%, 0.2416, 305.91)

HWB

hwb(273.7, 27.1%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8fee45

Analogous

#4f45ee

#a445ee

#ee45e4

Triadic

#a445ee

#eea445

#45eea4

Split-complementary

#a445ee

#e4ee45

#45ee4f

Tetradic

#a445ee

#ee458f

#8fee45

#45eea4

Square

#a445ee

#ee4f45

#8fee45

#45e4ee

Shades

Color #a445ee mixed toward black.

#8d16ea

#7111bc

#550d8d

#38095e

#1c042f

Tints

Color #a445ee mixed toward white.

#b364f1

#c283f4

#d1a2f7

#e1c1f9

#f0e0fc

Tones

Color #a445ee mixed toward gray.

#a253e0

#a061d2

#9f6fc4

#9d7db6

#9b8ba8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8585d5 · ΔE 17.9

Deuteranopia

#8a90ce · ΔE 21.4

Tritanopia

#a1bdb8 · ΔE 36.7

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 30.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a445ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a445ee]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#a445ee (#a445ee) is rgb(164, 69, 238) in RGB.

No, #a445ee 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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