#a17ab7

Color #a17ab7

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 17.97 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 12.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a17ab7

RGB

rgb(161, 122, 183)

HSL

hsl(278.4, 29.8%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.4, 33.3%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(12%, 33.3%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(56.99, 26.57, -26.37)

LCH

lch(56.99, 37.43, 315.22)

OKLCH

oklch(64%, 0.0988, 312.87)

HWB

hwb(278.4, 47.8%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#90b77a

Analogous

#827ab7

#a17ab7

#b77aae

Triadic

#a17ab7

#b7a17a

#7ab7a1

Split-complementary

#a17ab7

#aeb77a

#7ab782

Tetradic

#a17ab7

#b77a90

#90b77a

#7ab7a1

Square

#a17ab7

#b7827a

#90b77a

#7aaeb7

Shades

Color #a17ab7 mixed toward black.

#8a59a5

#6e4784

#533663

#372442

#1c1221

Tints

Color #a17ab7 mixed toward white.

#b190c3

#c0a6cf

#d0bcdb

#e0d3e7

#efe9f3

Tones

Color #a17ab7 mixed toward gray.

#a07fb2

#9e84ad

#9d89a8

#9b8ea3

#9a939e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9291ab · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#9497a8 · ΔE 16.5

Tritanopia

#9fa09e · ΔE 25.6

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a17ab7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a17ab7]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a17ab7 (#a17ab7) is rgb(161, 122, 183) in RGB.

No, #a17ab7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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