#a040d3

Color #a040d3

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 4.57 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a040d3

RGB

rgb(160, 64, 211)

HSL

hsl(279.2, 62.6%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.2, 69.7%, 82.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.2%, 69.7%, 0%, 17.3%)

LAB

lab(46.77, 62.48, -58.6)

LCH

lch(46.77, 85.66, 316.84)

OKLCH

oklch(56.9%, 0.2202, 311.24)

HWB

hwb(279.2, 25.1%, 17.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#73d340

Analogous

#5640d3

#a040d3

#d340bc

Triadic

#a040d3

#d3a040

#40d3a0

Split-complementary

#a040d3

#bcd340

#40d356

Tetradic

#a040d3

#d34073

#73d340

#40d3a0

Square

#a040d3

#d35640

#73d340

#40bcd3

Shades

Color #a040d3 mixed toward black.

#892bba

#6d2295

#521a70

#37114a

#1b0925

Tints

Color #a040d3 mixed toward white.

#b060da

#c080e2

#d09fe9

#dfbff0

#efdff8

Tones

Color #a040d3 mixed toward gray.

#9c4cc7

#9858bb

#9565ae

#9171a2

#8d7d96

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.17:1

White text reads better on this background (5.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8281bd · ΔE 19.5

Deuteranopia

#868cb7 · ΔE 23.3

Tritanopia

#9da8a3 · ΔE 35.9

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 29.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a040d3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a040d3]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#a040d3 (#a040d3) is rgb(160, 64, 211) in RGB.

No, #a040d3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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