#a17bbe

Color #a17bbe

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18.26 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 11.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a17bbe

RGB

rgb(161, 123, 190)

HSL

hsl(274, 34%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274, 35.3%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.3%, 35.3%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(57.52, 27.54, -29.55)

LCH

lch(57.52, 40.39, 312.98)

OKLCH

oklch(64.5%, 0.1057, 309.67)

HWB

hwb(274, 48.2%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#98be7b

Analogous

#807bbe

#a17bbe

#be7bba

Triadic

#a17bbe

#bea17b

#7bbea1

Split-complementary

#a17bbe

#babe7b

#7bbe80

Tetradic

#a17bbe

#be7b98

#98be7b

#7bbea1

Square

#a17bbe

#be807b

#98be7b

#7bbabe

Shades

Color #a17bbe mixed toward black.

#8858ad

#6d458c

#523469

#372246

#1b1123

Tints

Color #a17bbe mixed toward white.

#b191c9

#c0a7d4

#d0bddf

#e0d3e9

#efe9f4

Tones

Color #a17bbe mixed toward gray.

#a081b8

#a086b3

#9f8cad

#9e91a8

#9d97a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.09:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9292b1 · ΔE 12.1

Deuteranopia

#9497ad · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#9fa5a3 · ΔE 24.1

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 22.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a17bbe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a17bbe]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a17bbe (#a17bbe) is rgb(161, 123, 190) in RGB.

No, #a17bbe 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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