#7f2aaa

Color #7f2aaa

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 14.1 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#7f2aaa

RGB

rgb(127, 42, 170)

HSL

hsl(279.8, 60.4%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.8, 75.3%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.3%, 75.3%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(36.12, 56.14, -52.04)

LCH

lch(36.12, 76.55, 317.17)

OKLCH

oklch(47.4%, 0.1963, 311.36)

HWB

hwb(279.8, 16.5%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#55aa2a

Analogous

#3f2aaa

#7f2aaa

#aa2a95

Triadic

#7f2aaa

#aa7f2a

#2aaa7f

Split-complementary

#7f2aaa

#95aa2a

#2aaa3f

Tetradic

#7f2aaa

#aa2a55

#55aa2a

#2aaa7f

Square

#7f2aaa

#aa3f2a

#55aa2a

#2a95aa

Shades

Color #7f2aaa mixed toward black.

#6a238e

#551c71

#401555

#2a0e39

#15071c

Tints

Color #7f2aaa mixed toward white.

#9b38ce

#af60d8

#c388e2

#d7afeb

#ebd7f5

Tones

Color #7f2aaa mixed toward gray.

#7c359f

#783f95

#754a8a

#71557f

#6e5f75

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.81:1

White text reads better on this background (7.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#656497 · ΔE 17.9

Deuteranopia

#696e92 · ΔE 21.5

Tritanopia

#7c8682 · ΔE 33.7

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 28.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7f2aaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7f2aaa]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#7f2aaa (#7f2aaa) is rgb(127, 42, 170) in RGB.

No, #7f2aaa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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