#a45ed4

Color #a45ed4

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 10.07 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a45ed4

RGB

rgb(164, 94, 212)

HSL

hsl(275.6, 57.8%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.6, 55.7%, 83.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.6%, 55.7%, 0%, 16.9%)

LAB

lab(52.57, 49.35, -49.85)

LCH

lch(52.57, 70.15, 314.71)

OKLCH

oklch(61.2%, 0.1813, 309.45)

HWB

hwb(275.6, 36.9%, 16.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ed45e

Analogous

#695ed4

#a45ed4

#d45ec9

Triadic

#a45ed4

#d4a45e

#5ed4a4

Split-complementary

#a45ed4

#c9d45e

#5ed469

Tetradic

#a45ed4

#d45e8e

#8ed45e

#5ed4a4

Square

#a45ed4

#d4695e

#8ed45e

#5ec9d4

Shades

Color #a45ed4 mixed toward black.

#8d36c9

#712ba1

#552079

#391650

#1c0b28

Tints

Color #a45ed4 mixed toward white.

#b379db

#c294e2

#d2afe9

#e1c9f1

#f0e4f8

Tones

Color #a45ed4 mixed toward gray.

#a268ca

#a072c0

#9f7cb6

#9d85ad

#9b8fa3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.13:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8bc0 · ΔE 16.2

Deuteranopia

#8f93bb · ΔE 18.9

Tritanopia

#a1aea9 · ΔE 32.2

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 27.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a45ed4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a45ed4]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a45ed4 (#a45ed4) is rgb(164, 94, 212) in RGB.

No, #a45ed4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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