#a66ace

Color #a66ace

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 9.14 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#a66ace

RGB

rgb(166, 106, 206)

HSL

hsl(276, 50.5%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276, 48.5%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.4%, 48.5%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(54.94, 42.13, -42.66)

LCH

lch(54.94, 59.96, 314.64)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.1562, 310.3)

HWB

hwb(276, 41.6%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#92ce6a

Analogous

#746ace

#a66ace

#ce6ac4

Triadic

#a66ace

#cea66a

#6acea6

Split-complementary

#a66ace

#c4ce6a

#6ace74

Tetradic

#a66ace

#ce6a92

#92ce6a

#6acea6

Square

#a66ace

#ce746a

#92ce6a

#6ac4ce

Shades

Color #a66ace mixed toward black.

#8f43c1

#73339d

#562775

#391a4e

#1d0d27

Tints

Color #a66ace mixed toward white.

#b583d6

#c49cde

#d3b5e7

#e1cdef

#f0e6f7

Tones

Color #a66ace mixed toward gray.

#a472c6

#a37bbd

#a183b5

#9f8bad

#9e94a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.57:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#908fbc · ΔE 14.7

Deuteranopia

#9397b7 · ΔE 17.7

Tritanopia

#a4aca8 · ΔE 29.7

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 25.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a66ace;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a66ace]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a66ace (#a66ace) is rgb(166, 106, 206) in RGB.

No, #a66ace is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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