#a53cbd

Color #a53cbd

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 8.32 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a53cbd

RGB

rgb(165, 60, 189)

HSL

hsl(288.8, 51.8%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.8, 68.3%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.7%, 68.3%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(45.51, 60.78, -47.87)

LCH

lch(45.51, 77.37, 321.78)

OKLCH

oklch(55.7%, 0.2066, 319.57)

HWB

hwb(288.8, 23.5%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#54bd3c

Analogous

#643cbd

#a53cbd

#bd3c95

Triadic

#a53cbd

#bda53c

#3cbda5

Split-complementary

#a53cbd

#95bd3c

#3cbd64

Tetradic

#a53cbd

#bd3c54

#54bd3c

#3cbda5

Square

#a53cbd

#bd643c

#54bd3c

#3c95bd

Shades

Color #a53cbd mixed toward black.

#89329d

#6e287e

#521e5e

#37143f

#1b0a1f

Tints

Color #a53cbd mixed toward white.

#b65acb

#c47bd5

#d39ce0

#e2bdea

#f0def5

Tones

Color #a53cbd mixed toward gray.

#9e47b2

#9751a7

#915c9d

#8a6792

#837287

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.98:1

White text reads better on this background (5.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8584a9 · ΔE 22.8

Deuteranopia

#8990a4 · ΔE 26.4

Tritanopia

#a29792 · ΔE 34.6

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 28.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a53cbd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a53cbd]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#a53cbd (#a53cbd) is rgb(165, 60, 189) in RGB.

No, #a53cbd 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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