#a970e2

Color #a970e2

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 7.89 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a970e2

RGB

rgb(169, 112, 226)

HSL

hsl(270, 66.3%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 50.4%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.2%, 50.4%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(57.57, 44.24, -49.76)

LCH

lch(57.57, 66.58, 311.64)

OKLCH

oklch(65.3%, 0.171, 305.24)

HWB

hwb(270, 43.9%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9e270

Analogous

#7070e2

#a970e2

#e270e2

Triadic

#a970e2

#e2a970

#70e2a9

Split-complementary

#a970e2

#e2e270

#70e270

Tetradic

#a970e2

#e270a9

#a9e270

#70e2a9

Square

#a970e2

#e27070

#a9e270

#70e2e2

Shades

Color #a970e2 mixed toward black.

#8d41d9

#7126bb

#551c8d

#38135e

#1c092f

Tints

Color #a970e2 mixed toward white.

#b788e7

#c6a0ec

#d4b8f1

#e2cff5

#f1e7fa

Tones

Color #a970e2 mixed toward gray.

#a97ad9

#a983cf

#a98dc6

#a996bc

#a9a0b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.1:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9493ce · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#979bc9 · ΔE 15.8

Tritanopia

#a7bcb7 · ΔE 31

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 26.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a970e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a970e2]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#a970e2 (#a970e2) is rgb(169, 112, 226) in RGB.

No, #a970e2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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