#a55fd9

Color #a55fd9

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 9.88 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a55fd9

RGB

rgb(165, 95, 217)

HSL

hsl(274.4, 61.6%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.4, 56.2%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(24%, 56.2%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(53.16, 50.2, -51.74)

LCH

lch(53.16, 72.09, 314.13)

OKLCH

oklch(61.8%, 0.1856, 308.39)

HWB

hwb(274.4, 37.3%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#93d95f

Analogous

#685fd9

#a55fd9

#d95fd0

Triadic

#a55fd9

#d9a55f

#5fd9a5

Split-complementary

#a55fd9

#d0d95f

#5fd968

Tetradic

#a55fd9

#d95f93

#93d95f

#5fd9a5

Square

#a55fd9

#d9685f

#93d95f

#5fd0d9

Shades

Color #a55fd9 mixed toward black.

#8d35cf

#7128a8

#551e7e

#391454

#1c0a2a

Tints

Color #a55fd9 mixed toward white.

#b47adf

#c394e6

#d2afec

#e1caf2

#f0e4f9

Tones

Color #a55fd9 mixed toward gray.

#a469cf

#a273c5

#a17ebb

#9f88b0

#9e92a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.24:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8cc4 · ΔE 16

Deuteranopia

#9094bf · ΔE 18.6

Tritanopia

#a2b2ad · ΔE 32.3

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 27.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a55fd9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a55fd9]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a55fd9 (#a55fd9) is rgb(165, 95, 217) in RGB.

No, #a55fd9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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