#a178ef

Color #a178ef

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 7.36 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a178ef

RGB

rgb(161, 120, 239)

HSL

hsl(260.7, 78.8%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260.7, 49.8%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.6%, 49.8%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(59.2, 40.93, -54.47)

LCH

lch(59.2, 68.13, 306.92)

OKLCH

oklch(66.5%, 0.1731, 297.38)

HWB

hwb(260.7, 47.1%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6ef78

Analogous

#788aef

#a178ef

#dd78ef

Triadic

#a178ef

#efa178

#78efa1

Split-complementary

#a178ef

#efdd78

#8aef78

Tetradic

#a178ef

#ef78c6

#c6ef78

#78efa1

Square

#a178ef

#ef788a

#c6ef78

#78efdd

Shades

Color #a178ef mixed toward black.

#7c43e9

#5a19d6

#4413a0

#2d0d6b

#170635

Tints

Color #a178ef mixed toward white.

#b18ff2

#c0a5f4

#d0bcf7

#e0d2fa

#efe9fc

Tones

Color #a178ef mixed toward gray.

#a482e5

#a78cdb

#aa96d1

#ada0c7

#b0aabd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.45:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9191da · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#9396d4 · ΔE 11.5

Tritanopia

#9fc7c2 · ΔE 32.7

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 27

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a178ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a178ef]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#a178ef (#a178ef) is rgb(161, 120, 239) in RGB.

No, #a178ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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