#a74aee

Color #a74aee

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 10.3 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a74aee

RGB

rgb(167, 74, 238)

HSL

hsl(274, 82.8%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274, 68.9%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.8%, 68.9%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(51.02, 65.41, -67.01)

LCH

lch(51.02, 93.64, 314.31)

OKLCH

oklch(60.7%, 0.2366, 306.51)

HWB

hwb(274, 29%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#91ee4a

Analogous

#554aee

#a74aee

#ee4ae3

Triadic

#a74aee

#eea74a

#4aeea7

Split-complementary

#a74aee

#e3ee4a

#4aee55

Tetradic

#a74aee

#ee4a91

#91ee4a

#4aeea7

Square

#a74aee

#ee554a

#91ee4a

#4ae3ee

Shades

Color #a74aee mixed toward black.

#901bea

#7412be

#570d8f

#3a095f

#1d0430

Tints

Color #a74aee mixed toward white.

#b668f1

#c486f4

#d3a5f6

#e2c3f9

#f0e1fc

Tones

Color #a74aee mixed toward gray.

#a558e0

#a365d3

#a273c5

#a081b7

#9e8eaa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8988d5 · ΔE 17.7

Deuteranopia

#8d93ce · ΔE 21.3

Tritanopia

#a4beb8 · ΔE 36.8

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 30.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a74aee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a74aee]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a74aee (#a74aee) is rgb(167, 74, 238) in RGB.

No, #a74aee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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