#a37fae

Color #a37fae

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18.48 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 14.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a37fae

RGB

rgb(163, 127, 174)

HSL

hsl(286, 22.5%, 59%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286, 27%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.3%, 27%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(58.06, 22.47, -19.57)

LCH

lch(58.06, 29.8, 318.95)

OKLCH

oklch(64.7%, 0.0797, 318.15)

HWB

hwb(286, 49.8%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8aae7f

Analogous

#8b7fae

#a37fae

#ae7fa1

Triadic

#a37fae

#aea37f

#7faea3

Split-complementary

#a37fae

#a1ae7f

#7fae8b

Tetradic

#a37fae

#ae7f8a

#8aae7f

#7faea3

Square

#a37fae

#ae8b7f

#8aae7f

#7fa1ae

Shades

Color #a37fae mixed toward black.

#8c619a

#704e7b

#543a5c

#38273d

#1c131f

Tints

Color #a37fae mixed toward white.

#b294bb

#c2aac9

#d1bfd6

#e0d4e4

#f0eaf1

Tones

Color #a37fae mixed toward gray.

#a183aa

#9f87a6

#9d8ba2

#9b8f9e

#99939a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.2:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9594a4 · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#9799a2 · ΔE 17.9

Tritanopia

#a19c9a · ΔE 20.8

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a37fae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a37fae]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#a37fae (#a37fae) is rgb(163, 127, 174) in RGB.

No, #a37fae 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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