#a27ba6

Color #a27ba6

A muted medium magenta.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 19.94 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 13.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a27ba6

RGB

rgb(162, 123, 166)

HSL

hsl(294.4, 19.5%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(294.4, 25.9%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.4%, 25.9%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(56.68, 22.79, -17.08)

LCH

lch(56.68, 28.48, 323.15)

OKLCH

oklch(63.6%, 0.0773, 323.31)

HWB

hwb(294.4, 48.2%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7fa67b

Analogous

#8d7ba6

#a27ba6

#a67b95

Triadic

#a27ba6

#a6a27b

#7ba6a2

Split-complementary

#a27ba6

#95a67b

#7ba68d

Tetradic

#a27ba6

#a67b7f

#7fa67b

#7ba6a2

Square

#a27ba6

#a68d7b

#7fa67b

#7b95a6

Shades

Color #a27ba6 mixed toward black.

#8c6190

#704e73

#543a56

#38273a

#1c131d

Tints

Color #a27ba6 mixed toward white.

#b291b5

#c1a7c4

#d1bdd3

#e0d3e1

#f0e9f0

Tones

Color #a27ba6 mixed toward gray.

#9f7fa3

#9c829f

#99869b

#968998

#948d94

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.92:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#93929d · ΔE 16.3

Deuteranopia

#95989b · ΔE 19.6

Tritanopia

#a09594 · ΔE 18.4

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a27ba6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a27ba6]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#a27ba6 (#a27ba6) is rgb(162, 123, 166) in RGB.

No, #a27ba6 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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