#ab59e0

Color #ab59e0

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 8.75 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#ab59e0

RGB

rgb(171, 89, 224)

HSL

hsl(276.4, 68.5%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.4, 60.3%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.7%, 60.3%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(53.15, 56.24, -55.67)

LCH

lch(53.15, 79.13, 315.29)

OKLCH

oklch(62%, 0.2039, 309.73)

HWB

hwb(276.4, 34.9%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ee059

Analogous

#6859e0

#ab59e0

#e059d2

Triadic

#ab59e0

#e0ab59

#59e0ab

Split-complementary

#ab59e0

#d2e059

#59e068

Tetradic

#ab59e0

#e0598e

#8ee059

#59e0ab

Square

#ab59e0

#e06859

#8ee059

#59d2e0

Shades

Color #ab59e0 mixed toward black.

#952dd8

#7821b0

#5a1984

#3c1058

#1e082c

Tints

Color #ab59e0 mixed toward white.

#b975e5

#c790ea

#d5acef

#e3c8f5

#f1e3fa

Tones

Color #ab59e0 mixed toward gray.

#a964d5

#a670ca

#a47bbe

#a186b3

#9f91a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.24:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8eca · ΔE 17.3

Deuteranopia

#9398c4 · ΔE 20.6

Tritanopia

#a8b6b1 · ΔE 33.6

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 28.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ab59e0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab59e0]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ab59e0 (#ab59e0) is rgb(171, 89, 224) in RGB.

No, #ab59e0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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