#a55e91

Color #a55e91

A muted medium magenta.

Closest named color Pale Violet Red #db7093 · ΔE 21.54 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 14

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Conversions

HEX

#a55e91

RGB

rgb(165, 94, 145)

HSL

hsl(316.9, 28.3%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(316.9, 43%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 43%, 12.1%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(49.56, 36.2, -15.6)

LCH

lch(49.56, 39.42, 336.69)

OKLCH

oklch(58%, 0.1135, 338.39)

HWB

hwb(316.9, 36.9%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5ea572

Analogous

#965ea5

#a55e91

#a55e6e

Triadic

#a55e91

#91a55e

#5e91a5

Split-complementary

#a55e91

#6ea55e

#5ea596

Tetradic

#a55e91

#a5725e

#5ea572

#5e91a5

Square

#a55e91

#a5965e

#5ea572

#5e6ea5

Shades

Color #a55e91 mixed toward black.

#8a4d79

#6f3e61

#532e49

#371f31

#1c0f18

Tints

Color #a55e91 mixed toward white.

#b479a3

#c394b6

#d2afc8

#e1c9da

#f0e4ed

Tones

Color #a55e91 mixed toward gray.

#9f648e

#996a8c

#937089

#8d7687

#877c84

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8b87 · ΔE 27.2

Deuteranopia

#909484 · ΔE 36.4

Tritanopia

#a27e7c · ΔE 18.2

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 23.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a55e91;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a55e91]

Related colors

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Deep Pink #ff1493

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#a55e91 (#a55e91) is rgb(165, 94, 145) in RGB.

No, #a55e91 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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