#a642ee

Color #a642ee

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 9.47 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a642ee

RGB

rgb(166, 66, 238)

HSL

hsl(274.9, 83.5%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.9, 72.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.3%, 72.3%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(49.71, 68.56, -69.14)

LCH

lch(49.71, 97.37, 314.76)

OKLCH

oklch(59.7%, 0.2454, 306.83)

HWB

hwb(274.9, 25.9%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8aee42

Analogous

#5042ee

#a642ee

#ee42e0

Triadic

#a642ee

#eea642

#42eea6

Split-complementary

#a642ee

#e0ee42

#42ee50

Tetradic

#a642ee

#ee428a

#8aee42

#42eea6

Square

#a642ee

#ee5042

#8aee42

#42e0ee

Shades

Color #a642ee mixed toward black.

#9015e8

#7311ba

#560d8b

#3a085d

#1d042e

Tints

Color #a642ee mixed toward white.

#b561f1

#c481f4

#d3a0f7

#e1c0f9

#f0dffc

Tones

Color #a642ee mixed toward gray.

#a450e0

#a15fd1

#9f6dc3

#9d7bb5

#9a8aa6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.64:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8686d4 · ΔE 18.7

Deuteranopia

#8b91ce · ΔE 22.1

Tritanopia

#a3bdb7 · ΔE 37.6

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 30.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a642ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a642ee]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a642ee (#a642ee) is rgb(166, 66, 238) in RGB.

No, #a642ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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