#a493b4

Color #a493b4

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 17.11 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a493b4

RGB

rgb(164, 147, 180)

HSL

hsl(270.9, 18%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270.9, 18.3%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.9%, 18.3%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(63.39, 12.68, -14.88)

LCH

lch(63.39, 19.55, 310.44)

OKLCH

oklch(68.9%, 0.0513, 308.35)

HWB

hwb(270.9, 57.6%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3b493

Analogous

#9393b4

#a493b4

#b493b3

Triadic

#a493b4

#b4a493

#93b4a4

Split-complementary

#a493b4

#b3b493

#93b493

Tetradic

#a493b4

#b493a3

#a3b493

#93b4a4

Square

#a493b4

#b49393

#a3b493

#93b3b4

Shades

Color #a493b4 mixed toward black.

#89739e

#6e5981

#524360

#372d40

#1b1620

Tints

Color #a493b4 mixed toward white.

#b3a5c0

#c2b7cd

#d1c9d9

#e1dbe6

#f0edf2

Tones

Color #a493b4 mixed toward gray.

#a496b1

#a498ae

#a49bac

#a49ea9

#a4a1a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9dad · ΔE 9.3

Deuteranopia

#9e9fab · ΔE 11.1

Tritanopia

#a3a7a5 · ΔE 18.1

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 15.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a493b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a493b4]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#a493b4 (#a493b4) is rgb(164, 147, 180) in RGB.

No, #a493b4 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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