#a48dca

Color #a48dca

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 17.01 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a48dca

RGB

rgb(164, 141, 202)

HSL

hsl(262.6, 36.5%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.6, 30.2%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.8%, 30.2%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(62.68, 20.91, -28.33)

LCH

lch(62.68, 35.21, 306.43)

OKLCH

oklch(68.6%, 0.0913, 301.34)

HWB

hwb(262.6, 55.3%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3ca8d

Analogous

#8d95ca

#a48dca

#c38dca

Triadic

#a48dca

#caa48d

#8dcaa4

Split-complementary

#a48dca

#cac38d

#95ca8d

Tetradic

#a48dca

#ca8db3

#b3ca8d

#8dcaa4

Square

#a48dca

#ca8d95

#b3ca8d

#8dcac3

Shades

Color #a48dca mixed toward black.

#8566b8

#68499c

#4e3675

#34244e

#1a1227

Tints

Color #a48dca mixed toward white.

#b3a0d3

#c2b3dc

#d2c6e5

#e1d9ed

#f0ecf6

Tones

Color #a48dca mixed toward gray.

#a592c5

#a797c0

#a89cbb

#a9a1b6

#aaa7b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9abe · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#9c9eba · ΔE 10.4

Tritanopia

#a3b3b0 · ΔE 24.5

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a48dca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a48dca]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#a48dca (#a48dca) is rgb(164, 141, 202) in RGB.

No, #a48dca 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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