#ab5ac1

Color #ab5ac1

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 12.27 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ab5ac1

RGB

rgb(171, 90, 193)

HSL

hsl(287.2, 45.4%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(287.2, 53.4%, 75.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.4%, 53.4%, 0%, 24.3%)

LAB

lab(51.63, 49.19, -40.4)

LCH

lch(51.63, 63.65, 320.6)

OKLCH

oklch(60.4%, 0.1701, 318.67)

HWB

hwb(287.2, 35.3%, 24.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#70c15a

Analogous

#785ac1

#ab5ac1

#c15aa4

Triadic

#ab5ac1

#c1ab5a

#5ac1ab

Split-complementary

#ab5ac1

#a4c15a

#5ac178

Tetradic

#ab5ac1

#c15a70

#70c15a

#5ac1ab

Square

#ab5ac1

#c1785a

#70c15a

#5aa4c1

Shades

Color #ab5ac1 mixed toward black.

#9540ab

#773489

#592767

#3b1a45

#1e0d22

Tints

Color #ab5ac1 mixed toward white.

#b976cb

#c791d6

#d5ade0

#e3c8ea

#f1e4f5

Tones

Color #ab5ac1 mixed toward gray.

#a663b8

#a16bb0

#9c74a7

#977c9f

#928596

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8eaf · ΔE 19.5

Deuteranopia

#9398aa · ΔE 22.8

Tritanopia

#a89f9b · ΔE 30.6

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 26.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ab5ac1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab5ac1]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#ab5ac1 (#ab5ac1) is rgb(171, 90, 193) in RGB.

No, #ab5ac1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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