#a28ca8

Color #a28ca8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 16.55 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#a28ca8

RGB

rgb(162, 140, 168)

HSL

hsl(287.1, 13.9%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(287.1, 16.7%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(61.01, 13.49, -11.68)

LCH

lch(61.01, 17.84, 319.11)

OKLCH

oklch(66.9%, 0.0478, 318.9)

HWB

hwb(287.1, 54.9%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#92a88c

Analogous

#948ca8

#a28ca8

#a88ca0

Triadic

#a28ca8

#a8a28c

#8ca8a2

Split-complementary

#a28ca8

#a0a88c

#8ca894

Tetradic

#a28ca8

#a88c92

#92a88c

#8ca8a2

Square

#a28ca8

#a8948c

#92a88c

#8ca0a8

Shades

Color #a28ca8 mixed toward black.

#8a6f92

#6f5875

#534258

#372c3a

#1c161d

Tints

Color #a28ca8 mixed toward white.

#b29fb7

#c1b2c5

#d1c5d4

#e0d9e2

#f0ecf1

Tones

Color #a28ca8 mixed toward gray.

#a18ea6

#9f91a3

#9e93a1

#9d959f

#9b989c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999a2 · ΔE 12

Deuteranopia

#9a9ca0 · ΔE 14.8

Tritanopia

#a19d9c · ΔE 14.9

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 15.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a28ca8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a28ca8]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#a28ca8 (#a28ca8) is rgb(162, 140, 168) in RGB.

No, #a28ca8 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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