RGB to HEX: #A855F7

Also known as: Tailwind v3 purple-500

rgb(168 85 247) → #A855F7

Values are shown at full precision, so converting back gives exactly #a855f7. The rounded form is what you normally paste into CSS.

Step-by-step math

Every number below is computed from the input, nothing is looked up.

1. base 10 → base 16

R = 168 = 10×16 + 8 → A8
G = 85 = 5×16 + 5 → 55
B = 247 = 15×16 + 7 → F7

2. pairs → HEX
```
A8 55 F7 → #A855F7
```

All formats

HEX: #a855f7
RGB: rgb(168 85 247)
RGB (legacy): rgb(168, 85, 247)
HSL: hsl(270.74 91.01% 65.10%) → hsl(271 91% 65%)
HWB: hwb(271 33% 3%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.627 0.233 303.9) · oklch(62.7% 0.233 303.9)
OKLab: oklab(0.627 0.130 -0.193)
Lab (D50): lab(52.80 56.27 -68.75)
LCH (D50): lch(52.80 88.85 309.30)
Display P3: color(display-p3 0.6165 0.3506 0.9358)
Linear sRGB: color(srgb-linear 0.3916 0.0908 0.9301)

Gamut: sRGB and Display P3

#A855F7 is a hex color, so it sits inside sRGB and therefore inside Display P3. At this lightness and hue, sRGB reaches chroma 0.250 and Display P3 reaches 0.271; this color uses 93% of the sRGB chroma available.

CSS snippets

.element {
  color: #a855f7;
  color: rgb(168 85 247);
  color: hsl(271 91% 65%);
  color: oklch(0.627 0.233 303.9);
}

/* Tailwind CSS v4 */
@theme {
  --color-brand: oklch(0.627 0.233 303.9);
}
/* arbitrary values */
class="text-[#a855f7] bg-[oklch(0.627_0.233_303.9)]"

/* wide-gamut screens */
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .element { color: color(display-p3 0.6165 0.3506 0.9358); }
}

/* relative color syntax: 10% darker */
.element-dark { color: oklch(from #a855f7 calc(l - 0.1) c h); }

Nearby colors

Closest colors in the Tailwind and CSS named palettes (OKLab distance).

Lighter and darker, same hue and chroma

#BB69FF · oklch(0.687 0.233 303.9) · ΔL +0.06
#9640E2 · oklch(0.567 0.233 303.9) · ΔL −0.06

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