#ab5bde

Color #ab5bde

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 7.97 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#ab5bde

RGB

rgb(171, 91, 222)

HSL

hsl(276.6, 66.5%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.6, 59%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(23%, 59%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(53.4, 54.81, -54.14)

LCH

lch(53.4, 77.04, 315.35)

OKLCH

oklch(62.2%, 0.199, 310)

HWB

hwb(276.6, 35.7%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ede5b

Analogous

#6a5bde

#ab5bde

#de5bd0

Triadic

#ab5bde

#deab5b

#5bdeab

Split-complementary

#ab5bde

#d0de5b

#5bde6a

Tetradic

#ab5bde

#de5b8e

#8ede5b

#5bdeab

Square

#ab5bde

#de6a5b

#8ede5b

#5bd0de

Shades

Color #ab5bde mixed toward black.

#9530d5

#7823ae

#5a1a82

#3c1157

#1e092b

Tints

Color #ab5bde mixed toward white.

#b976e4

#c792e9

#d5adef

#e3c8f4

#f1e4fa

Tones

Color #ab5bde mixed toward gray.

#a966d3

#a671c8

#a47cbd

#a187b2

#9f92a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fc8 · ΔE 17.4

Deuteranopia

#9399c3 · ΔE 20.6

Tritanopia

#a8b5b0 · ΔE 33.3

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 28.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ab5bde;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab5bde]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ab5bde (#ab5bde) is rgb(171, 91, 222) in RGB.

No, #ab5bde is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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