#a342ed

Color #a342ed

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 9.13 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a342ed

RGB

rgb(163, 66, 237)

HSL

hsl(274, 82.6%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274, 72.2%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.2%, 72.2%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(49.25, 67.8, -69.34)

LCH

lch(49.25, 96.98, 314.36)

OKLCH

oklch(59.3%, 0.2437, 306.04)

HWB

hwb(274, 25.9%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ced42

Analogous

#4d42ed

#a342ed

#ed42e2

Triadic

#a342ed

#eda342

#42eda3

Split-complementary

#a342ed

#e2ed42

#42ed4d

Tetradic

#a342ed

#ed428c

#8ced42

#42eda3

Square

#a342ed

#ed4d42

#8ced42

#42e2ed

Shades

Color #a342ed mixed toward black.

#8c16e6

#7012b8

#540d8a

#38095c

#1c042e

Tints

Color #a342ed mixed toward white.

#b261f0

#c281f3

#d1a0f6

#e0c0f9

#f0dffc

Tones

Color #a342ed mixed toward gray.

#a150df

#9f5ed0

#9d6dc2

#9b7bb4

#9989a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.56:1

White text reads better on this background (4.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8483d4 · ΔE 17.9

Deuteranopia

#898fcd · ΔE 21.7

Tritanopia

#a0bcb6 · ΔE 37.7

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 30.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a342ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a342ed]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a342ed (#a342ed) is rgb(163, 66, 237) in RGB.

No, #a342ed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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