#ab50ef

Color #ab50ef

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 10.52 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#ab50ef

RGB

rgb(171, 80, 239)

HSL

hsl(274.3, 83.2%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.3, 66.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.5%, 66.5%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(52.54, 63.77, -65.09)

LCH

lch(52.54, 91.12, 314.41)

OKLCH

oklch(61.9%, 0.2313, 307.13)

HWB

hwb(274.3, 31.4%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#94ef50

Analogous

#5b50ef

#ab50ef

#ef50e4

Triadic

#ab50ef

#efab50

#50efab

Split-complementary

#ab50ef

#e4ef50

#50ef5b

Tetradic

#ab50ef

#ef5094

#94ef50

#50efab

Square

#ab50ef

#ef5b50

#94ef50

#50e4ef

Shades

Color #ab50ef mixed toward black.

#931fea

#7712c3

#590d92

#3b0961

#1e0431

Tints

Color #ab50ef mixed toward white.

#b96df2

#c78af4

#d5a7f7

#e3c5fa

#f1e2fc

Tones

Color #ab50ef mixed toward gray.

#a95de2

#a76ad4

#a578c7

#a385ba

#a192ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.13:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8cd6 · ΔE 17.6

Deuteranopia

#9197d0 · ΔE 21

Tritanopia

#a8c0ba · ΔE 36.2

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 29.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ab50ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab50ef]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ab50ef (#ab50ef) is rgb(171, 80, 239) in RGB.

No, #ab50ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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