#a51aff

Color #a51aff

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 16.44 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a51aff

RGB

rgb(165, 26, 255)

HSL

hsl(276.4, 100%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.4, 89.8%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.3%, 89.8%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(46.92, 83.49, -83.22)

LCH

lch(46.92, 117.88, 315.09)

OKLCH

oklch(58.2%, 0.2902, 305.08)

HWB

hwb(276.4, 10.2%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#74ff1a

Analogous

#321aff

#a51aff

#ff1ae7

Triadic

#a51aff

#ffa51a

#1affa5

Split-complementary

#a51aff

#e7ff1a

#1aff32

Tetradic

#a51aff

#ff1a74

#74ff1a

#1affa5

Square

#a51aff

#ff321a

#74ff1a

#1ae7ff

Shades

Color #a51aff mixed toward black.

#8e00ea

#7200bb

#55008d

#39005e

#1c002f

Tints

Color #a51aff mixed toward white.

#b440ff

#c366ff

#d28dff

#e1b3ff

#f0d9ff

Tones

Color #a51aff mixed toward gray.

#a12dec

#9d40d9

#9953c6

#9566b3

#9179a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.19:1

White text reads better on this background (5.01:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8180e2 · ΔE 20.2

Deuteranopia

#868dda · ΔE 24.3

Tritanopia

#a1c7c0 · ΔE 42.2

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 32.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a51aff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a51aff]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a51aff (#a51aff) is rgb(165, 26, 255) in RGB.

No, #a51aff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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