#ab40d9

Color #ab40d9

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 5.5 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#ab40d9

RGB

rgb(171, 64, 217)

HSL

hsl(282, 66.8%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282, 70.5%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.2%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(48.68, 65.94, -58.88)

LCH

lch(48.68, 88.4, 318.24)

OKLCH

oklch(58.7%, 0.2295, 313.64)

HWB

hwb(282, 25.1%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6ed940

Analogous

#5f40d9

#ab40d9

#d940ba

Triadic

#ab40d9

#d9ab40

#40d9ab

Split-complementary

#ab40d9

#bad940

#40d95f

Tetradic

#ab40d9

#d9406e

#6ed940

#40d9ab

Square

#ab40d9

#d95f40

#6ed940

#40bad9

Shades

Color #ab40d9 mixed toward black.

#9427c3

#771f9c

#591775

#3b104e

#1e0827

Tints

Color #ab40d9 mixed toward white.

#b960df

#c780e6

#d5a0ec

#e3bff2

#f1dff9

Tones

Color #ab40d9 mixed toward gray.

#a64dcc

#a15abf

#9c66b3

#9773a6

#928099

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.47:1

White text reads better on this background (4.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a89c2 · ΔE 21

Deuteranopia

#8f95bc · ΔE 24.9

Tritanopia

#a8ada7 · ΔE 37.4

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 29.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ab40d9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab40d9]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ab40d9 (#ab40d9) is rgb(171, 64, 217) in RGB.

No, #ab40d9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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