#ab55c3

Color #ab55c3

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 8.78 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ab55c3

RGB

rgb(171, 85, 195)

HSL

hsl(286.9, 47.8%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.9, 56.4%, 76.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.3%, 56.4%, 0%, 23.5%)

LAB

lab(50.8, 52.09, -42.87)

LCH

lch(50.8, 67.46, 320.55)

OKLCH

oklch(59.8%, 0.1799, 318.42)

HWB

hwb(286.9, 33.3%, 23.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6dc355

Analogous

#7455c3

#ab55c3

#c355a4

Triadic

#ab55c3

#c3ab55

#55c3ab

Split-complementary

#ab55c3

#a4c355

#55c374

Tetradic

#ab55c3

#c3556d

#6dc355

#55c3ab

Square

#ab55c3

#c37455

#6dc355

#55a4c3

Shades

Color #ab55c3 mixed toward black.

#943dac

#76318a

#592567

#3b1845

#1e0c22

Tints

Color #ab55c3 mixed toward white.

#b971cd

#c78ed7

#d5aae1

#e3c6eb

#f1e3f5

Tones

Color #ab55c3 mixed toward gray.

#a65eba

#a167b1

#9b71a7

#967a9e

#918395

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.82:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8db0 · ΔE 20.1

Deuteranopia

#9298ab · ΔE 23.5

Tritanopia

#a89f9b · ΔE 31.5

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 27

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ab55c3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab55c3]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#ab55c3 (#ab55c3) is rgb(171, 85, 195) in RGB.

No, #ab55c3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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