#a46bb1

Color #a46bb1

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 20.85 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 13.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a46bb1

RGB

rgb(164, 107, 177)

HSL

hsl(288.9, 31%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.9, 39.5%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.3%, 39.5%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(53.58, 34.75, -28.18)

LCH

lch(53.58, 44.74, 320.96)

OKLCH

oklch(61.4%, 0.1203, 320.02)

HWB

hwb(288.9, 42%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#78b16b

Analogous

#816bb1

#a46bb1

#b16b9b

Triadic

#a46bb1

#b1a46b

#6bb1a4

Split-complementary

#a46bb1

#9bb16b

#6bb181

Tetradic

#a46bb1

#b16b78

#78b16b

#6bb1a4

Square

#a46bb1

#b1816b

#78b16b

#6b9bb1

Shades

Color #a46bb1 mixed toward black.

#8d529b

#71417c

#55315d

#39213e

#1c101f

Tints

Color #a46bb1 mixed toward white.

#b384be

#c29ccb

#d2b5d8

#e1cee5

#f0e6f2

Tones

Color #a46bb1 mixed toward gray.

#a071ab

#9d77a5

#997da0

#95829a

#928894

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.32:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8ea4 · ΔE 17.1

Deuteranopia

#9296a0 · ΔE 20.8

Tritanopia

#a29895 · ΔE 25.1

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 23.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a46bb1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a46bb1]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#a46bb1 (#a46bb1) is rgb(164, 107, 177) in RGB.

No, #a46bb1 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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