#a73be1

Color #a73be1

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 7.35 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a73be1

RGB

rgb(167, 59, 225)

HSL

hsl(279, 73.5%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279, 73.8%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.8%, 73.8%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(47.98, 68.72, -64.59)

LCH

lch(47.98, 94.31, 316.77)

OKLCH

oklch(58.2%, 0.2411, 310.63)

HWB

hwb(279, 23.1%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#75e13b

Analogous

#543be1

#a73be1

#e13bc8

Triadic

#a73be1

#e1a73b

#3be1a7

Split-complementary

#a73be1

#c8e13b

#3be154

Tetradic

#a73be1

#e13b75

#75e13b

#3be1a7

Square

#a73be1

#e1543b

#75e13b

#3bc8e1

Shades

Color #a73be1 mixed toward black.

#901fcd

#7419a4

#57137b

#3a0d52

#1d0629

Tints

Color #a73be1 mixed toward white.

#b65ce6

#c47ceb

#d39df0

#e2bef5

#f0defa

Tones

Color #a73be1 mixed toward gray.

#a349d3

#9f57c5

#9a65b8

#9672aa

#92809c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.36:1

White text reads better on this background (4.82:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8685c9 · ΔE 20.3

Deuteranopia

#8b91c2 · ΔE 24.1

Tritanopia

#a4b2ad · ΔE 36.8

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 30.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a73be1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a73be1]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a73be1 (#a73be1) is rgb(167, 59, 225) in RGB.

No, #a73be1 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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