#a17daa

Color #a17daa

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 19.52 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 14

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Conversions

HEX

#a17daa

RGB

rgb(161, 125, 170)

HSL

hsl(288, 20.9%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288, 26.5%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.3%, 26.5%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(57.22, 22.11, -18.58)

LCH

lch(57.22, 28.88, 319.96)

OKLCH

oklch(64%, 0.0775, 319.45)

HWB

hwb(288, 49%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#86aa7d

Analogous

#8a7daa

#a17daa

#aa7d9c

Triadic

#a17daa

#aaa17d

#7daaa1

Split-complementary

#a17daa

#9caa7d

#7daa8a

Tetradic

#a17daa

#aa7d86

#86aa7d

#7daaa1

Square

#a17daa

#aa8a7d

#86aa7d

#7d9caa

Shades

Color #a17daa mixed toward black.

#8a6194

#6f4e77

#533a59

#37273b

#1c131e

Tints

Color #a17daa mixed toward white.

#b193b8

#c0a8c6

#d0bed4

#e0d4e3

#efe9f1

Tones

Color #a17daa mixed toward gray.

#9f81a6

#9c84a2

#9a889f

#988c9b

#969097

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

#9392a1 · ΔE 14.7

Deuteranopia

#95979e · ΔE 18.5

Tritanopia

#9f9997 · ΔE 20.3

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a17daa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a17daa]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#a17daa (#a17daa) is rgb(161, 125, 170) in RGB.

No, #a17daa 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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