#a31aee

Color #a31aee

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 9.06 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a31aee

RGB

rgb(163, 26, 238)

HSL

hsl(278.8, 86.2%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.8, 89.1%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.5%, 89.1%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(45.22, 79.94, -76.47)

LCH

lch(45.22, 110.63, 316.27)

OKLCH

oklch(56.5%, 0.2763, 307.97)

HWB

hwb(278.8, 10.2%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#65ee1a

Analogous

#391aee

#a31aee

#ee1acf

Triadic

#a31aee

#eea31a

#1aeea3

Split-complementary

#a31aee

#cfee1a

#1aee39

Tetradic

#a31aee

#ee1a65

#65ee1a

#1aeea3

Square

#a31aee

#ee391a

#65ee1a

#1acfee

Shades

Color #a31aee mixed toward black.

#8a0fcd

#6e0ca4

#53097b

#370652

#1c0329

Tints

Color #a31aee mixed toward white.

#b240f1

#c266f4

#d18df7

#e0b3f9

#f0d9fc

Tones

Color #a31aee mixed toward gray.

#9e2cdc

#993dcb

#944fb9

#8e61a7

#897296

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.94:1

White text reads better on this background (5.33:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7ed3 · ΔE 21.1

Deuteranopia

#858bcc · ΔE 25.2

Tritanopia

#9fbab4 · ΔE 40.3

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 31.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a31aee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a31aee]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a31aee (#a31aee) is rgb(163, 26, 238) in RGB.

No, #a31aee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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