#ab57c3

Color #ab57c3

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 9.78 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#ab57c3

RGB

rgb(171, 87, 195)

HSL

hsl(286.7, 47.4%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.7, 55.4%, 76.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.3%, 55.4%, 0%, 23.5%)

LAB

lab(51.17, 51.1, -42.29)

LCH

lch(51.17, 66.33, 320.39)

OKLCH

oklch(60.1%, 0.1769, 318.28)

HWB

hwb(286.7, 34.1%, 23.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6fc357

Analogous

#7557c3

#ab57c3

#c357a5

Triadic

#ab57c3

#c3ab57

#57c3ab

Split-complementary

#ab57c3

#a5c357

#57c375

Tetradic

#ab57c3

#c3576f

#6fc357

#57c3ab

Square

#ab57c3

#c37557

#6fc357

#57a5c3

Shades

Color #ab57c3 mixed toward black.

#953ead

#77318b

#592568

#3b1945

#1e0c23

Tints

Color #ab57c3 mixed toward white.

#b973cd

#c78fd7

#d5abe1

#e3c7eb

#f1e3f5

Tones

Color #ab57c3 mixed toward gray.

#a660ba

#a169b1

#9c72a8

#977b9f

#928496

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.3:1

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

#8e8eb0 · ΔE 20.1

Deuteranopia

#9398ac · ΔE 23.2

Tritanopia

#a8a09c · ΔE 31.4

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 26.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ab57c3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab57c3]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#ab57c3 (#ab57c3) is rgb(171, 87, 195) in RGB.

No, #ab57c3 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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