#a251be

Color #a251be

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 10.49 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a251be

RGB

rgb(162, 81, 190)

HSL

hsl(284.6, 45.6%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284.6, 57.4%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.7%, 57.4%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(48.62, 50.71, -43.52)

LCH

lch(48.62, 66.82, 319.36)

OKLCH

oklch(57.9%, 0.1769, 316.63)

HWB

hwb(284.6, 31.8%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6dbe51

Analogous

#6b51be

#a251be

#be51a3

Triadic

#a251be

#bea251

#51bea2

Split-complementary

#a251be

#a3be51

#51be6b

Tetradic

#a251be

#be516d

#6dbe51

#51bea2

Square

#a251be

#be6b51

#6dbe51

#51a3be

Shades

Color #a251be mixed toward black.

#8a3da4

#6e3183

#532563

#371942

#1c0c21

Tints

Color #a251be mixed toward white.

#b16ec9

#c18bd4

#d0a8de

#e0c5e9

#efe2f4

Tones

Color #a251be mixed toward gray.

#9e5ab5

#9963ac

#956ca3

#90759a

#8c7e90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.46:1

White text reads better on this background (4.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8786ac · ΔE 19.3

Deuteranopia

#8b90a7 · ΔE 22.7

Tritanopia

#9f9b97 · ΔE 32.6

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 26.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a251be;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a251be]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#a251be (#a251be) is rgb(162, 81, 190) in RGB.

No, #a251be is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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