#ab0ce9

Color #ab0ce9

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 8.63 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#ab0ce9

RGB

rgb(171, 12, 233)

HSL

hsl(283.2, 90.2%, 48%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.2, 94.8%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.6%, 94.8%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(45.37, 81.99, -73.35)

LCH

lch(45.37, 110.01, 318.18)

OKLCH

oklch(56.7%, 0.2795, 311.82)

HWB

hwb(283.2, 4.7%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4ae90c

Analogous

#3d0ce9

#ab0ce9

#e90cb8

Triadic

#ab0ce9

#e9ab0c

#0ce9ab

Split-complementary

#ab0ce9

#b8e90c

#0ce93d

Tetradic

#ab0ce9

#e90c4a

#4ae90c

#0ce9ab

Square

#ab0ce9

#e93d0c

#4ae90c

#0cb8e9

Shades

Color #ab0ce9 mixed toward black.

#8e0ac2

#72089b

#550674

#39044e

#1c0227

Tints

Color #ab0ce9 mixed toward white.

#bc2df4

#ca57f6

#d781f9

#e4abfb

#f2d5fd

Tones

Color #ab0ce9 mixed toward gray.

#a31ed6

#9b31c4

#9343b2

#8b569f

#82688d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.96:1

White text reads better on this background (5.3:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8484ce · ΔE 23.5

Deuteranopia

#8a92c7 · ΔE 27.9

Tritanopia

#a7b5af · ΔE 40.5

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 31.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ab0ce9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab0ce9]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ab0ce9 (#ab0ce9) is rgb(171, 12, 233) in RGB.

No, #ab0ce9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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