#A033AA colour

#A033AA is a muted purple close to CSS darkorchid: RGB 160, 51, 170, HSL 295, 54%, 43%. White text passes AA (5.92:1). Tints, shades and colour harmonies.

#A033AA

Nearest CSS name: darkorchid #9932cc (not an exact match)
Described as: a muted purple
Red, green, blue: 160, 51, 170
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.1274 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#a033aa`
RGB	`rgb(160, 51, 170)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(62.7% 20% 66.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(295, 53.8%, 43.3%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(295, 70%, 66.7%)`
HWB	`hwb(295 20% 33.3%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(6%, 70%, 0%, 33%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(42.2% 56.29 -41.62)`
OKLCH	`oklch(52.91% 0.1989 324.29)`
Decimal	`10498986`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 5.92:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 3.55:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	5.92:1	Pass	Pass	Fail	Pass
Black	3.55:1	Fail	Pass	Fail	Fail

White text is the better choice on #A033AA (5.92:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#a946b2 18%#b158b9 27%#ba6bc1 36%#c37dc9 45%#cb90d1 55%#d4a2d8 64%#dcb5e0 73%#e5c7e8 82%#eedaf0 91%#f6ecf7

9%#912e9b 18%#832a8b 27%#74257c 36%#66206c 45%#571c5d 55%#49174d 64%#3a133e 73%#2c0e2e 82%#1d091f 91%#0f050f

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#a033aa #3daa33

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#6533aa #a033aa #aa3379

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#a033aa #aaa033 #33aaa0

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#a033aa #79aa33 #33aa65

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#a033aa #aa6533 #3daa33 #3379aa

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#a033aa Protanopia#125cad Deuteranopia#4968a7 Tritanopia#a3476b Achromatopsia#646464

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #a033aa;`
Background	`background-color: #a033aa;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #a033aa;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(160 51 170 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #a033aa;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a033aa, #601f66);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #c685cc, #a033aa);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #a033aa; color: #fff;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Convert #A033AA to other formats · Build a palette from it · Check contrast · All named colours

Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.