#a456d4

Color #a456d4

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 7.9 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a456d4

RGB

rgb(164, 86, 212)

HSL

hsl(277.1, 59.4%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.1, 59.4%, 83.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.6%, 59.4%, 0%, 16.9%)

LAB

lab(51.04, 53.42, -52.29)

LCH

lch(51.04, 74.75, 315.61)

OKLCH

oklch(60.1%, 0.1932, 310.42)

HWB

hwb(277.1, 33.7%, 16.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#86d456

Analogous

#6556d4

#a456d4

#d456c5

Triadic

#a456d4

#d4a456

#56d4a4

Split-complementary

#a456d4

#c5d456

#56d465

Tetradic

#a456d4

#d45686

#86d456

#56d4a4

Square

#a456d4

#d46556

#86d456

#56c5d4

Shades

Color #a456d4 mixed toward black.

#8e32c6

#71289e

#551e77

#39144f

#1c0a28

Tints

Color #a456d4 mixed toward white.

#b372db

#c28ee2

#d1aae9

#e1c7f1

#f0e3f8

Tones

Color #a456d4 mixed toward gray.

#a160c9

#9f6bbf

#9c75b4

#9a80aa

#978a9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989bf · ΔE 17.5

Deuteranopia

#8d92ba · ΔE 20.4

Tritanopia

#a1aca8 · ΔE 32.4

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 27.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a456d4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a456d4]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a456d4 (#a456d4) is rgb(164, 86, 212) in RGB.

No, #a456d4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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