#ab3fee

Color #ab3fee

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 9.88 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#ab3fee

RGB

rgb(171, 63, 238)

HSL

hsl(277, 83.7%, 59%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277, 73.5%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.2%, 73.5%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(49.96, 70.62, -68.7)

LCH

lch(49.96, 98.52, 315.79)

OKLCH

oklch(60%, 0.2498, 308.73)

HWB

hwb(277, 24.7%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#82ee3f

Analogous

#533fee

#ab3fee

#ee3fda

Triadic

#ab3fee

#eeab3f

#3feeab

Split-complementary

#ab3fee

#daee3f

#3fee53

Tetradic

#ab3fee

#ee3f82

#82ee3f

#3feeab

Square

#ab3fee

#ee533f

#82ee3f

#3fdaee

Shades

Color #ab3fee mixed toward black.

#9614e6

#7810b8

#5a0c8a

#3c085c

#1e042e

Tints

Color #ab3fee mixed toward white.

#b95ff1

#c77ff4

#d59ff6

#e3bff9

#f1dffc

Tones

Color #ab3fee mixed toward gray.

#a74edf

#a45cd1

#a16bc2

#9d79b4

#9a88a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a89d4 · ΔE 19.7

Deuteranopia

#8f95cd · ΔE 23.4

Tritanopia

#a8bdb7 · ΔE 37.7

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 30.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ab3fee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab3fee]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ab3fee (#ab3fee) is rgb(171, 63, 238) in RGB.

No, #ab3fee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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