#ab3ce6

Color #ab3ce6

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 9.38 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ab3ce6

RGB

rgb(171, 60, 230)

HSL

hsl(279.2, 77.3%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.2, 73.9%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.7%, 73.9%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(49.01, 70.1, -65.73)

LCH

lch(49.01, 96.1, 316.84)

OKLCH

oklch(59.2%, 0.2457, 310.73)

HWB

hwb(279.2, 23.5%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#77e63c

Analogous

#563ce6

#ab3ce6

#e63ccc

Triadic

#ab3ce6

#e6ab3c

#3ce6ab

Split-complementary

#ab3ce6

#cce63c

#3ce656

Tetradic

#ab3ce6

#e63c77

#77e63c

#3ce6ab

Square

#ab3ce6

#e6563c

#77e63c

#3ccce6

Shades

Color #ab3ce6 mixed toward black.

#961bd6

#7816ac

#5a1081

#3c0b56

#1e052b

Tints

Color #ab3ce6 mixed toward white.

#b95dea

#c77dee

#d59ef3

#e3bef7

#f1dffb

Tones

Color #ab3ce6 mixed toward gray.

#a74ad8

#a258ca

#9e67bc

#9a75ad

#95839f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.52:1

White text reads better on this background (4.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8988cd · ΔE 20.4

Deuteranopia

#8e95c6 · ΔE 24.5

Tritanopia

#a8b6b0 · ΔE 37.8

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 30.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ab3ce6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab3ce6]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ab3ce6 (#ab3ce6) is rgb(171, 60, 230) in RGB.

No, #ab3ce6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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