#a277bc

Color #a277bc

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18.75 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 11.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a277bc

RGB

rgb(162, 119, 188)

HSL

hsl(277.4, 34%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.4, 36.7%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.8%, 36.7%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(56.59, 29.69, -29.85)

LCH

lch(56.59, 42.1, 314.85)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.1107, 312.07)

HWB

hwb(277.4, 46.7%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#91bc77

Analogous

#8077bc

#a277bc

#bc77b4

Triadic

#a277bc

#bca277

#77bca2

Split-complementary

#a277bc

#b4bc77

#77bc80

Tetradic

#a277bc

#bc7791

#91bc77

#77bca2

Square

#a277bc

#bc8077

#91bc77

#77b4bc

Shades

Color #a277bc mixed toward black.

#8b55ab

#6f4489

#533367

#372245

#1c1122

Tints

Color #a277bc mixed toward white.

#b28ec7

#c1a4d2

#d1bbde

#e0d2e9

#f0e8f4

Tones

Color #a277bc mixed toward gray.

#a17db6

#9f83b1

#9e88ab

#9c8ea5

#9b949f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9191ae · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#9497ab · ΔE 16.4

Tritanopia

#a0a3a0 · ΔE 25.8

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 23

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a277bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a277bc]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a277bc (#a277bc) is rgb(162, 119, 188) in RGB.

No, #a277bc 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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