#a059bb

Color #a059bb

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 14.27 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a059bb

RGB

rgb(160, 89, 187)

HSL

hsl(283.5, 41.9%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.5, 52.4%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.4%, 52.4%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(49.75, 45.45, -40.01)

LCH

lch(49.75, 60.55, 318.64)

OKLCH

oklch(58.6%, 0.1602, 315.94)

HWB

hwb(283.5, 34.9%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#74bb59

Analogous

#6f59bb

#a059bb

#bb59a5

Triadic

#a059bb

#bba059

#59bba0

Split-complementary

#a059bb

#a5bb59

#59bb6f

Tetradic

#a059bb

#bb5974

#74bb59

#59bba0

Square

#a059bb

#bb6f59

#74bb59

#59a5bb

Shades

Color #a059bb mixed toward black.

#8943a3

#6d3583

#522862

#371b41

#1b0d21

Tints

Color #a059bb mixed toward white.

#b075c6

#c090d2

#d0acdd

#dfc8e8

#efe3f4

Tones

Color #a059bb mixed toward gray.

#9c61b3

#9969ab

#9571a2

#917a9a

#8e8292

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.64:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8786aa · ΔE 17.7

Deuteranopia

#8b8fa5 · ΔE 21.1

Tritanopia

#9d9a97 · ΔE 30.6

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 26

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a059bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a059bb]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#a059bb (#a059bb) is rgb(160, 89, 187) in RGB.

No, #a059bb 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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