#ab4de5

Color #ab4de5

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 8.41 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ab4de5

RGB

rgb(171, 77, 229)

HSL

hsl(277.1, 74.5%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.1, 66.4%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.3%, 66.4%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(51.41, 62.94, -61.29)

LCH

lch(51.41, 87.85, 315.76)

OKLCH

oklch(60.9%, 0.2252, 309.69)

HWB

hwb(277.1, 30.2%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#87e54d

Analogous

#5f4de5

#ab4de5

#e54dd3

Triadic

#ab4de5

#e5ab4d

#4de5ab

Split-complementary

#ab4de5

#d3e54d

#4de55f

Tetradic

#ab4de5

#e54d87

#87e54d

#4de5ab

Square

#ab4de5

#e55f4d

#87e54d

#4dd3e5

Shades

Color #ab4de5 mixed toward black.

#9621de

#781ab2

#5a1485

#3c0d59

#1e072c

Tints

Color #ab4de5 mixed toward white.

#b96be9

#c788ee

#d5a6f2

#e3c4f6

#f1e1fb

Tones

Color #ab4de5 mixed toward gray.

#a85ad8

#a566cc

#a273bf

#9f80b2

#9c8ca6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.92:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8bcd · ΔE 18.6

Deuteranopia

#9197c7 · ΔE 22.3

Tritanopia

#a8b7b2 · ΔE 35.2

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 29.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ab4de5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab4de5]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ab4de5 (#ab4de5) is rgb(171, 77, 229) in RGB.

No, #ab4de5 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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