#a17bb7

Color #a17bb7

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 17.87 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 12.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a17bb7

RGB

rgb(161, 123, 183)

HSL

hsl(278, 29.4%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278, 32.8%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(12%, 32.8%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(57.23, 26, -26)

LCH

lch(57.23, 36.77, 315)

OKLCH

oklch(64.2%, 0.097, 312.66)

HWB

hwb(278, 48.2%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#91b77b

Analogous

#837bb7

#a17bb7

#b77baf

Triadic

#a17bb7

#b7a17b

#7bb7a1

Split-complementary

#a17bb7

#afb77b

#7bb783

Tetradic

#a17bb7

#b77b91

#91b77b

#7bb7a1

Square

#a17bb7

#b7837b

#91b77b

#7bafb7

Shades

Color #a17bb7 mixed toward black.

#895aa5

#6e4884

#523663

#372442

#1b1221

Tints

Color #a17bb7 mixed toward white.

#b191c3

#c0a7cf

#d0bddb

#e0d3e7

#efe9f3

Tones

Color #a17bb7 mixed toward gray.

#a080b2

#9e85ad

#9d8aa8

#9c8fa3

#9a949e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.03:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9292ab · ΔE 13.3

Deuteranopia

#9497a8 · ΔE 16.3

Tritanopia

#9fa19e · ΔE 26.7

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 22

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a17bb7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a17bb7]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a17bb7 (#a17bb7) is rgb(161, 123, 183) in RGB.

No, #a17bb7 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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