#ab3fd9

Color #ab3fd9

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 5.39 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#ab3fd9

RGB

rgb(171, 63, 217)

HSL

hsl(282.1, 67%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.1, 71%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.2%, 71%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(48.54, 66.33, -59.1)

LCH

lch(48.54, 88.84, 318.3)

OKLCH

oklch(58.6%, 0.2306, 313.72)

HWB

hwb(282.1, 24.7%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6dd93f

Analogous

#5e3fd9

#ab3fd9

#d93fba

Triadic

#ab3fd9

#d9ab3f

#3fd9ab

Split-complementary

#ab3fd9

#bad93f

#3fd95e

Tetradic

#ab3fd9

#d93f6d

#6dd93f

#3fd9ab

Square

#ab3fd9

#d95e3f

#6dd93f

#3fbad9

Shades

Color #ab3fd9 mixed toward black.

#9426c3

#771f9c

#591775

#3b0f4e

#1e0827

Tints

Color #ab3fd9 mixed toward white.

#b95fdf

#c77fe6

#d59fec

#e3bff2

#f1dff9

Tones

Color #ab3fd9 mixed toward gray.

#a64ccc

#a159bf

#9c65b3

#9672a6

#917f99

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.44:1

White text reads better on this background (4.72:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a89c2 · ΔE 21.2

Deuteranopia

#8f95bc · ΔE 25

Tritanopia

#a8aca7 · ΔE 37.1

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 29.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ab3fd9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab3fd9]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ab3fd9 (#ab3fd9) is rgb(171, 63, 217) in RGB.

No, #ab3fd9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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