#ab51e9

Color #ab51e9

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 9.68 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ab51e9

RGB

rgb(171, 81, 233)

HSL

hsl(275.5, 77.6%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.5, 65.2%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.6%, 65.2%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(52.32, 62, -62.08)

LCH

lch(52.32, 87.74, 314.96)

OKLCH

oklch(61.6%, 0.224, 308.38)

HWB

hwb(275.5, 31.8%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8fe951

Analogous

#5f51e9

#ab51e9

#e951db

Triadic

#ab51e9

#e9ab51

#51e9ab

Split-complementary

#ab51e9

#dbe951

#51e95f

Tetradic

#ab51e9

#e9518f

#8fe951

#51e9ab

Square

#ab51e9

#e95f51

#8fe951

#51dbe9

Shades

Color #ab51e9 mixed toward black.

#9523e3

#7817ba

#5a128b

#3c0c5d

#1e062e

Tints

Color #ab51e9 mixed toward white.

#b96eed

#c78bf0

#d5a8f4

#e3c5f8

#f1e2fb

Tones

Color #ab51e9 mixed toward gray.

#a95edc

#a66ad0

#a477c3

#a284b6

#9f90aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.09:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8cd1 · ΔE 17.8

Deuteranopia

#9297cb · ΔE 21.2

Tritanopia

#a8bbb6 · ΔE 34.9

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 29.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ab51e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab51e9]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ab51e9 (#ab51e9) is rgb(171, 81, 233) in RGB.

No, #ab51e9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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