#7e17b7

Color #7e17b7

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 8.61 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#7e17b7

RGB

rgb(126, 23, 183)

HSL

hsl(278.6, 77.7%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.6, 87.4%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.1%, 87.4%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(34.94, 64.65, -61.71)

LCH

lch(34.94, 89.37, 316.33)

OKLCH

oklch(46.9%, 0.224, 308.38)

HWB

hwb(278.6, 9%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#50b717

Analogous

#2e17b7

#7e17b7

#b717a0

Triadic

#7e17b7

#b77e17

#17b77e

Split-complementary

#7e17b7

#a0b717

#17b72e

Tetradic

#7e17b7

#b71750

#50b717

#17b77e

Square

#7e17b7

#b72e17

#50b717

#17a0b7

Shades

Color #7e17b7 mixed toward black.

#691399

#540f7a

#3f0b5c

#2a083d

#15041f

Tints

Color #7e17b7 mixed toward white.

#9d1ee3

#b04be8

#c478ee

#d8a5f4

#ebd2f9

Tones

Color #7e17b7 mixed toward gray.

#7a24aa

#76329c

#723f8f

#6f4c82

#6b5a74

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.69:1

White text reads better on this background (7.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6261a2 · ΔE 18.2

Deuteranopia

#666c9c · ΔE 22.1

Tritanopia

#7b8e8a · ΔE 35.9

Achromatopsia

#525252 · ΔE 29.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7e17b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e17b7]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#7e17b7 (#7e17b7) is rgb(126, 23, 183) in RGB.

No, #7e17b7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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