#a855d9

Color #a855d9

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 7.68 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a855d9

RGB

rgb(168, 85, 217)

HSL

hsl(277.7, 63.5%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.7, 60.8%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.6%, 60.8%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(51.65, 55.96, -54.14)

LCH

lch(51.65, 77.86, 315.95)

OKLCH

oklch(60.7%, 0.2013, 310.79)

HWB

hwb(277.7, 33.3%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#86d955

Analogous

#6655d9

#a855d9

#d955c8

Triadic

#a855d9

#d9a855

#55d9a8

Split-complementary

#a855d9

#c8d955

#55d966

Tetradic

#a855d9

#d95586

#86d955

#55d9a8

Square

#a855d9

#d96655

#86d955

#55c8d9

Shades

Color #a855d9 mixed toward black.

#922ece

#7525a5

#581c7b

#3b1252

#1d0929

Tints

Color #a855d9 mixed toward white.

#b671df

#c58ee6

#d3aaec

#e2c6f2

#f0e3f9

Tones

Color #a855d9 mixed toward gray.

#a560ce

#a26bc3

#9f76b8

#9d81ad

#9a8ca2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8bc3 · ΔE 17.8

Deuteranopia

#9095be · ΔE 21.1

Tritanopia

#a5b0ab · ΔE 33.9

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 28.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a855d9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a855d9]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a855d9 (#a855d9) is rgb(168, 85, 217) in RGB.

No, #a855d9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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