#a248d1

Color #a248d1

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 9.2 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a248d1

RGB

rgb(162, 72, 209)

HSL

hsl(279.4, 59.8%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.4, 65.6%, 82%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.5%, 65.6%, 0%, 18%)

LAB

lab(48.16, 58.99, -55.21)

LCH

lch(48.16, 80.8, 316.9)

OKLCH

oklch(57.9%, 0.2089, 311.86)

HWB

hwb(279.4, 28.2%, 18%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#77d148

Analogous

#5d48d1

#a248d1

#d148bc

Triadic

#a248d1

#d1a248

#48d1a2

Split-complementary

#a248d1

#bcd148

#48d15d

Tetradic

#a248d1

#d14877

#77d148

#48d1a2

Square

#a248d1

#d15d48

#77d148

#48bcd1

Shades

Color #a248d1 mixed toward black.

#8b2fbb

#6f2696

#531c70

#38134b

#1c0925

Tints

Color #a248d1 mixed toward white.

#b167d9

#c185e0

#d0a4e8

#e0c2f0

#efe1f7

Tones

Color #a248d1 mixed toward gray.

#9e53c6

#9b5fba

#976aaf

#9476a3

#908198

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.38:1

White text reads better on this background (4.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8584bb · ΔE 19.1

Deuteranopia

#898eb6 · ΔE 22.4

Tritanopia

#9fa8a3 · ΔE 35.1

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 28.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a248d1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a248d1]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#a248d1 (#a248d1) is rgb(162, 72, 209) in RGB.

No, #a248d1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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