#ab45f3

Color #ab45f3

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 10.34 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#ab45f3

RGB

rgb(171, 69, 243)

HSL

hsl(275.2, 87.9%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.2, 71.6%, 95.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.6%, 71.6%, 0%, 4.7%)

LAB

lab(51.14, 69.34, -69.6)

LCH

lch(51.14, 98.25, 314.89)

OKLCH

oklch(61%, 0.2481, 307.2)

HWB

hwb(275.2, 27.1%, 4.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8df345

Analogous

#5445f3

#ab45f3

#f345e4

Triadic

#ab45f3

#f3ab45

#45f3ab

Split-complementary

#ab45f3

#e4f345

#45f354

Tetradic

#ab45f3

#f3458d

#8df345

#45f3ab

Square

#ab45f3

#f35445

#8df345

#45e4f3

Shades

Color #ab45f3 mixed toward black.

#9514f0

#780dc3

#5a0993

#3c0662

#1e0331

Tints

Color #ab45f3 mixed toward white.

#b964f5

#c783f7

#d5a2f9

#e3c1fb

#f1e0fd

Tones

Color #ab45f3 mixed toward gray.

#a954e5

#a662d6

#a471c8

#a17fb9

#9f8eab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8ad9 · ΔE 18.7

Deuteranopia

#9096d2 · ΔE 22.4

Tritanopia

#a8c1bb · ΔE 37.4

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 30.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ab45f3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab45f3]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ab45f3 (#ab45f3) is rgb(171, 69, 243) in RGB.

No, #ab45f3 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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