#a657dc

Color #a657dc

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 9.04 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a657dc

RGB

rgb(166, 87, 220)

HSL

hsl(275.6, 65.5%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.6, 60.5%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.5%, 60.5%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(51.94, 55.17, -55.38)

LCH

lch(51.94, 78.17, 314.89)

OKLCH

oklch(60.9%, 0.2009, 309.02)

HWB

hwb(275.6, 34.1%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ddc57

Analogous

#6357dc

#a657dc

#dc57d0

Triadic

#a657dc

#dca657

#57dca6

Split-complementary

#a657dc

#d0dc57

#57dc63

Tetradic

#a657dc

#dc578d

#8ddc57

#57dca6

Square

#a657dc

#dc6357

#8ddc57

#57d0dc

Shades

Color #a657dc mixed toward black.

#8f2dd3

#7323a9

#561a7f

#391255

#1d092a

Tints

Color #a657dc mixed toward white.

#b573e2

#c48fe8

#d2abed

#e1c7f3

#f0e3f9

Tones

Color #a657dc mixed toward gray.

#a462d1

#a26dc6

#a078bb

#9e83b0

#9c8ea5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.02:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8ac6 · ΔE 16.9

Deuteranopia

#8f94c0 · ΔE 20.2

Tritanopia

#a3b2ae · ΔE 32.6

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 28.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a657dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a657dc]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a657dc (#a657dc) is rgb(166, 87, 220) in RGB.

No, #a657dc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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