#a914f1

Color #a914f1

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 10.86 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a914f1

RGB

rgb(169, 20, 241)

HSL

hsl(280.5, 88.8%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.5, 91.7%, 94.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.9%, 91.7%, 0%, 5.5%)

LAB

lab(46.02, 82.24, -76.81)

LCH

lch(46.02, 112.53, 316.96)

OKLCH

oklch(57.3%, 0.2825, 309.31)

HWB

hwb(280.5, 7.8%, 5.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5cf114

Analogous

#3b14f1

#a914f1

#f114ca

Triadic

#a914f1

#f1a914

#14f1a9

Split-complementary

#a914f1

#caf114

#14f13b

Tetradic

#a914f1

#f1145c

#5cf114

#14f1a9

Square

#a914f1

#f13b14

#5cf114

#14caf1

Shades

Color #a914f1 mixed toward black.

#8f0ccd

#720aa4

#56077b

#390552

#1d0229

Tints

Color #a914f1 mixed toward white.

#b83bf3

#c662f6

#d48af8

#e2b1fa

#f1d8fd

Tones

Color #a914f1 mixed toward gray.

#a326df

#9c39cc

#964bba

#8f5ea7

#897095

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.06:1

White text reads better on this background (5.18:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8382d5 · ΔE 22

Deuteranopia

#8990ce · ΔE 26.4

Tritanopia

#a5bcb6 · ΔE 40.4

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 31.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a914f1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a914f1]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#a914f1 (#a914f1) is rgb(169, 20, 241) in RGB.

No, #a914f1 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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