#a845e6

Color #a845e6

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 7.81 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 3.5

Open in Palette generator Color wheel Color mixer Contrast checker Blindness simulator Gradient

Conversions

HEX

#a845e6

RGB

rgb(168, 69, 230)

HSL

hsl(276.9, 76.3%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.9, 70%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(27%, 70%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(49.85, 66, -64.39)

LCH

lch(49.85, 92.21, 315.71)

OKLCH

oklch(59.7%, 0.235, 309.07)

HWB

hwb(276.9, 27.1%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#83e645

Analogous

#5745e6

#a845e6

#e645d3

Triadic

#a845e6

#e6a845

#45e6a8

Split-complementary

#a845e6

#d3e645

#45e657

Tetradic

#a845e6

#e64583

#83e645

#45e6a8

Square

#a845e6

#e65745

#83e645

#45d3e6

Shades

Color #a845e6 mixed toward black.

#921edc

#7518b0

#581284

#3b0c58

#1d062c

Tints

Color #a845e6 mixed toward white.

#b664ea

#c583ee

#d3a2f2

#e2c1f7

#f0e0fb

Tones

Color #a845e6 mixed toward gray.

#a552d9

#a260cb

#9f6dbe

#9c7bb0

#9988a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.51:1

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

#8888ce · ΔE 19.2

Deuteranopia

#8d93c7 · ΔE 22.7

Tritanopia

#a5b7b2 · ΔE 35.9

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 30

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a845e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a845e6]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a845e6 (#a845e6) is rgb(168, 69, 230) in RGB.

No, #a845e6 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

Related tools

Colors

HEX to RGB Converter

Convert any HEX color code to its RGB and HSL equivalents, live, with copy-to-clipboard values.

Try it → Accessibility

Contrast Checker

Check the WCAG contrast ratio between any two colors, live, with AA/AAA pass-fail results.

Try it → Generators

Palette Generator

Generate complementary, analogous, triadic, split-complementary, tetradic, square, and monochromatic palettes from any base color.

Try it →

Build something with this color

Generate a full palette from #a845e6, or check how it holds up for accessibility.

Generate a palette → Check contrast