#a56dc7

Color #a56dc7

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 11.85 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a56dc7

RGB

rgb(165, 109, 199)

HSL

hsl(277.3, 44.6%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.3, 45.2%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.1%, 45.2%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(55.13, 38.64, -38.38)

LCH

lch(55.13, 54.46, 315.19)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.1426, 311.56)

HWB

hwb(277.3, 42.7%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8fc76d

Analogous

#786dc7

#a56dc7

#c76dbc

Triadic

#a56dc7

#c7a56d

#6dc7a5

Split-complementary

#a56dc7

#bcc76d

#6dc778

Tetradic

#a56dc7

#c76d8f

#8fc76d

#6dc7a5

Square

#a56dc7

#c7786d

#8fc76d

#6dbcc7

Shades

Color #a56dc7 mixed toward black.

#8e48b9

#723994

#552b6f

#391c4a

#1c0e25

Tints

Color #a56dc7 mixed toward white.

#b485d0

#c39eda

#d2b6e3

#e1ceec

#f0e7f6

Tones

Color #a56dc7 mixed toward gray.

#a374c0

#a17cb8

#9f84b1

#9e8ba9

#9c93a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9090b6 · ΔE 14.8

Deuteranopia

#9397b2 · ΔE 17.5

Tritanopia

#a3a8a4 · ΔE 29

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 25

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a56dc7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a56dc7]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a56dc7 (#a56dc7) is rgb(165, 109, 199) in RGB.

No, #a56dc7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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