#ab72e1

Color #ab72e1

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 7.59 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#ab72e1

RGB

rgb(171, 114, 225)

HSL

hsl(270.8, 64.9%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270.8, 49.3%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(24%, 49.3%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(58.16, 43.44, -48.25)

LCH

lch(58.16, 64.92, 312)

OKLCH

oklch(65.7%, 0.1672, 306.05)

HWB

hwb(270.8, 44.7%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8e172

Analogous

#7472e1

#ab72e1

#e172e0

Triadic

#ab72e1

#e1ab72

#72e1ab

Split-complementary

#ab72e1

#e0e172

#72e174

Tetradic

#ab72e1

#e172a8

#a8e172

#72e1ab

Square

#ab72e1

#e17472

#a8e172

#72e0e1

Shades

Color #ab72e1 mixed toward black.

#8f44d7

#7328ba

#561e8c

#3a145d

#1d0a2f

Tints

Color #ab72e1 mixed toward white.

#b98ae6

#c7a1eb

#d5b9f0

#e3d0f5

#f1e8fa

Tones

Color #ab72e1 mixed toward gray.

#ab7bd8

#ab85cf

#aa8ec5

#aa97bc

#aaa0b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9695cd · ΔE 13.3

Deuteranopia

#999dc8 · ΔE 16

Tritanopia

#a9bbb7 · ΔE 29.7

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 26.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ab72e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab72e1]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#ab72e1 (#ab72e1) is rgb(171, 114, 225) in RGB.

No, #ab72e1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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