#a900fe

Color #a900fe

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 18.03 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a900fe

RGB

rgb(169, 0, 254)

HSL

hsl(279.9, 100%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.9, 100%, 99.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.5%, 100%, 0%, 0.4%)

LAB

lab(46.43, 86.69, -83.43)

LCH

lch(46.43, 120.32, 316.1)

OKLCH

oklch(57.9%, 0.2977, 306.94)

HWB

hwb(279.9, 0%, 0.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#55fe00

Analogous

#2a00fe

#a900fe

#fe00d4

Triadic

#a900fe

#fea900

#00fea9

Split-complementary

#a900fe

#d4fe00

#00fe2a

Tetradic

#a900fe

#fe0055

#55fe00

#00fea9

Square

#a900fe

#fe2a00

#55fe00

#00d4fe

Shades

Color #a900fe mixed toward black.

#8d00d4

#7100a9

#54007f

#380055

#1c002a

Tints

Color #a900fe mixed toward white.

#b82aff

#c654ff

#d47fff

#e2aaff

#f1d4ff

Tones

Color #a900fe mixed toward gray.

#a215e9

#9b2ad4

#943fbe

#8d55a9

#866a94

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.12:1

White text reads better on this background (5.1:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8282e1 · ΔE 21.8

Deuteranopia

#8890d9 · ΔE 26.1

Tritanopia

#a5c6bf · ΔE 42.3

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 32.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a900fe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a900fe]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#a900fe (#a900fe) is rgb(169, 0, 254) in RGB.

No, #a900fe 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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