#a055e8

Color #a055e8

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 11.51 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a055e8

RGB

rgb(160, 85, 232)

HSL

hsl(270.6, 76.2%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270.6, 63.4%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(31%, 63.4%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(51.61, 57.54, -62.73)

LCH

lch(51.61, 85.12, 312.53)

OKLCH

oklch(60.8%, 0.215, 304.16)

HWB

hwb(270.6, 33.3%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9de855

Analogous

#5755e8

#a055e8

#e855e7

Triadic

#a055e8

#e8a055

#55e8a0

Split-complementary

#a055e8

#e7e855

#55e857

Tetradic

#a055e8

#e8559d

#9de855

#55e8a0

Square

#a055e8

#e85755

#9de855

#55e7e8

Shades

Color #a055e8 mixed toward black.

#8627e2

#6b19ba

#51138c

#360d5d

#1b062f

Tints

Color #a055e8 mixed toward white.

#b071ec

#c08ef0

#d0aaf4

#dfc6f7

#efe3fb

Tones

Color #a055e8 mixed toward gray.

#a061dc

#a06ed0

#9f7ac3

#9f86b7

#9f92ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8685d0 · ΔE 15.3

Deuteranopia

#8a8fca · ΔE 18.5

Tritanopia

#9dbbb6 · ΔE 35

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 29.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a055e8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a055e8]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#a055e8 (#a055e8) is rgb(160, 85, 232) in RGB.

No, #a055e8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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