#a181eb

Color #a181eb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 6.4 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#a181eb

RGB

rgb(161, 129, 235)

HSL

hsl(258.1, 72.6%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.1, 45.1%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.5%, 45.1%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(61.02, 34.85, -49.35)

LCH

lch(61.02, 60.41, 305.23)

OKLCH

oklch(67.8%, 0.1543, 295.95)

HWB

hwb(258.1, 50.6%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cbeb81

Analogous

#8196eb

#a181eb

#d681eb

Triadic

#a181eb

#eba181

#81eba1

Split-complementary

#a181eb

#ebd681

#96eb81

Tetradic

#a181eb

#eb81cb

#cbeb81

#81eba1

Square

#a181eb

#eb8196

#cbeb81

#81ebd6

Shades

Color #a181eb mixed toward black.

#7a4de3

#5621d2

#41199d

#2b1169

#160834

Tints

Color #a181eb mixed toward white.

#b196ee

#c0abf2

#d0c0f5

#e0d5f8

#efeafc

Tones

Color #a181eb mixed toward gray.

#a58ae2

#a893d9

#ac9cd1

#afa4c8

#b3adbf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494d7 · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#9698d2 · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#a0c6c2 · ΔE 30.5

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 25.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a181eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a181eb]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#a181eb (#a181eb) is rgb(161, 129, 235) in RGB.

No, #a181eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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