#a387a9

Color #a387a9

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 19.74 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a387a9

RGB

rgb(163, 135, 169)

HSL

hsl(289.4, 16.5%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(289.4, 20.1%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.6%, 20.1%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(59.87, 16.88, -13.96)

LCH

lch(59.87, 21.9, 320.41)

OKLCH

oklch(66.1%, 0.0589, 320.31)

HWB

hwb(289.4, 52.9%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8da987

Analogous

#9287a9

#a387a9

#a9879e

Triadic

#a387a9

#a9a387

#87a9a3

Split-complementary

#a387a9

#9ea987

#87a992

Tetradic

#a387a9

#a9878d

#8da987

#87a9a3

Square

#a387a9

#a99287

#8da987

#879ea9

Shades

Color #a387a9 mixed toward black.

#8c6a94

#705576

#543f59

#382a3b

#1c151e

Tints

Color #a387a9 mixed toward white.

#b29bb7

#c2afc6

#d1c3d4

#e0d7e2

#f0ebf1

Tones

Color #a387a9 mixed toward gray.

#a18aa6

#9f8da3

#9d8fa0

#9c929e

#9a959b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9897a2 · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#999ba0 · ΔE 16.6

Tritanopia

#a29b9a · ΔE 16.3

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 17.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a387a9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a387a9]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#a387a9 (#a387a9) is rgb(163, 135, 169) in RGB.

No, #a387a9 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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