#ab37c9

Color #ab37c9

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 7.57 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#ab37c9

RGB

rgb(171, 55, 201)

HSL

hsl(287.7, 57.5%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(287.7, 72.6%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.9%, 72.6%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(46.46, 66.24, -53.27)

LCH

lch(46.46, 85, 321.19)

OKLCH

oklch(56.8%, 0.2255, 318.43)

HWB

hwb(287.7, 21.6%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#55c937

Analogous

#6237c9

#ab37c9

#c9379e

Triadic

#ab37c9

#c9ab37

#37c9ab

Split-complementary

#ab37c9

#9ec937

#37c962

Tetradic

#ab37c9

#c93755

#55c937

#37c9ab

Square

#ab37c9

#c96237

#55c937

#379ec9

Shades

Color #ab37c9 mixed toward black.

#8f2da8

#722486

#561b65

#391243

#1d0922

Tints

Color #ab37c9 mixed toward white.

#b958d2

#c77adb

#d59be4

#e3bced

#f1def6

Tones

Color #ab37c9 mixed toward gray.

#a443bd

#9d4fb1

#965ca5

#8e6898

#87748c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.12:1

White text reads better on this background (5.1:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8887b3 · ΔE 23.2

Deuteranopia

#8e94ad · ΔE 27.2

Tritanopia

#a79f9a · ΔE 36.4

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 29.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ab37c9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab37c9]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#ab37c9 (#ab37c9) is rgb(171, 55, 201) in RGB.

No, #ab37c9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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