#a45fca

Color #a45fca

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 11.52 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a45fca

RGB

rgb(164, 95, 202)

HSL

hsl(278.7, 50.2%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.7, 53%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.8%, 53%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(52.22, 46.6, -44.7)

LCH

lch(52.22, 64.57, 316.19)

OKLCH

oklch(60.8%, 0.1686, 312.16)

HWB

hwb(278.7, 37.3%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#85ca5f

Analogous

#6e5fca

#a45fca

#ca5fba

Triadic

#a45fca

#caa45f

#5fcaa4

Split-complementary

#a45fca

#baca5f

#5fca6e

Tetradic

#a45fca

#ca5f85

#85ca5f

#5fcaa4

Square

#a45fca

#ca6e5f

#85ca5f

#5fbaca

Shades

Color #a45fca mixed toward black.

#8e3eba

#713195

#55256f

#39194a

#1c0c25

Tints

Color #a45fca mixed toward white.

#b37ad3

#c294dc

#d1afe4

#e1caed

#f0e4f6

Tones

Color #a45fca mixed toward gray.

#a168c1

#9f71b8

#9c7aaf

#9a83a6

#978b9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8bb7 · ΔE 16.7

Deuteranopia

#8f94b2 · ΔE 19.8

Tritanopia

#a1a7a3 · ΔE 31.1

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 26.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a45fca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a45fca]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a45fca (#a45fca) is rgb(164, 95, 202) in RGB.

No, #a45fca 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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