#a057c6

Color #a057c6

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 10.94 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a057c6

RGB

rgb(160, 87, 198)

HSL

hsl(279.5, 49.3%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.5, 56.1%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.2%, 56.1%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(49.94, 48.85, -46.06)

LCH

lch(49.94, 67.14, 316.68)

OKLCH

oklch(58.9%, 0.1752, 312.59)

HWB

hwb(279.5, 34.1%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7dc657

Analogous

#6957c6

#a057c6

#c657b4

Triadic

#a057c6

#c6a057

#57c6a0

Split-complementary

#a057c6

#b4c657

#57c669

Tetradic

#a057c6

#c6577d

#7dc657

#57c6a0

Square

#a057c6

#c66957

#7dc657

#57b4c6

Shades

Color #a057c6 mixed toward black.

#893cb1

#6e308e

#52246a

#371847

#1b0c23

Tints

Color #a057c6 mixed toward white.

#b073cf

#c08fd9

#d0abe2

#dfc7ec

#efe3f5

Tones

Color #a057c6 mixed toward gray.

#9d60bd

#9a6ab4

#9773aa

#947ca1

#918598

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8786b3 · ΔE 17.3

Deuteranopia

#8a8fae · ΔE 20.5

Tritanopia

#9da29e · ΔE 32

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 26.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a057c6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a057c6]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#a057c6 (#a057c6) is rgb(160, 87, 198) in RGB.

No, #a057c6 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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