#a17fb9

Color #a17fb9

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 17.62 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 12.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a17fb9

RGB

rgb(161, 127, 185)

HSL

hsl(275.2, 29.3%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.2, 31.4%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(13%, 31.4%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(58.28, 24.15, -25.53)

LCH

lch(58.28, 35.14, 313.41)

OKLCH

oklch(65%, 0.0923, 310.7)

HWB

hwb(275.2, 49.8%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97b97f

Analogous

#847fb9

#a17fb9

#b97fb4

Triadic

#a17fb9

#b9a17f

#7fb9a1

Split-complementary

#a17fb9

#b4b97f

#7fb984

Tetradic

#a17fb9

#b97f97

#97b97f

#7fb9a1

Square

#a17fb9

#b9847f

#97b97f

#7fb4b9

Shades

Color #a17fb9 mixed toward black.

#885da7

#6d4a87

#523765

#372543

#1b1222

Tints

Color #a17fb9 mixed toward white.

#b194c5

#c0aad0

#d0bfdc

#e0d4e8

#efeaf3

Tones

Color #a17fb9 mixed toward gray.

#a084b4

#9f89af

#9f8eab

#9e92a6

#9d97a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.25:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9493ad · ΔE 12

Deuteranopia

#9598aa · ΔE 15.3

Tritanopia

#a0a3a1 · ΔE 23.4

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 21.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a17fb9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a17fb9]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a17fb9 (#a17fb9) is rgb(161, 127, 185) in RGB.

No, #a17fb9 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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