#a44fb8

Color #a44fb8

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 11.82 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a44fb8

RGB

rgb(164, 79, 184)

HSL

hsl(288.6, 42.5%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.6, 57.1%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.9%, 57.1%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(48.19, 51, -40.69)

LCH

lch(48.19, 65.24, 321.42)

OKLCH

oklch(57.5%, 0.1749, 319.66)

HWB

hwb(288.6, 31%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#63b84f

Analogous

#704fb8

#a44fb8

#b84f98

Triadic

#a44fb8

#b8a44f

#4fb8a4

Split-complementary

#a44fb8

#98b84f

#4fb870

Tetradic

#a44fb8

#b84f63

#63b84f

#4fb8a4

Square

#a44fb8

#b8704f

#63b84f

#4f98b8

Shades

Color #a44fb8 mixed toward black.

#8b3f9c

#6f327d

#53265e

#37193f

#1c0d1f

Tints

Color #a44fb8 mixed toward white.

#b36cc4

#c28ad0

#d2a7dc

#e1c4e7

#f0e2f3

Tones

Color #a44fb8 mixed toward gray.

#9f58af

#9961a7

#94699e

#8e7295

#897b8c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.39:1

White text reads better on this background (4.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8887a6 · ΔE 20.6

Deuteranopia

#8c91a2 · ΔE 23.8

Tritanopia

#a19692 · ΔE 30.9

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 26.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a44fb8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a44fb8]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#a44fb8 (#a44fb8) is rgb(164, 79, 184) in RGB.

No, #a44fb8 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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