#a66ae1

Color #a66ae1

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 9.87 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a66ae1

RGB

rgb(166, 106, 225)

HSL

hsl(270.3, 66.5%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270.3, 52.9%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.2%, 52.9%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(55.94, 46.47, -51.81)

LCH

lch(55.94, 69.6, 311.89)

OKLCH

oklch(64%, 0.1783, 305.21)

HWB

hwb(270.3, 41.6%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5e16a

Analogous

#6b6ae1

#a66ae1

#e16ae0

Triadic

#a66ae1

#e1a66a

#6ae1a6

Split-complementary

#a66ae1

#e0e16a

#6ae16b

Tetradic

#a66ae1

#e16aa5

#a5e16a

#6ae1a6

Square

#a66ae1

#e16b6a

#a5e16a

#6ae0e1

Shades

Color #a66ae1 mixed toward black.

#8b3cd8

#6f25b8

#531c8a

#38125c

#1c092e

Tints

Color #a66ae1 mixed toward white.

#b583e6

#c49ceb

#d3b4f0

#e1cdf5

#f0e6fa

Tones

Color #a66ae1 mixed toward gray.

#a674d7

#a67ecd

#a688c3

#a692b9

#a69caf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#908fcc · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#9397c7 · ΔE 16.3

Tritanopia

#a4bab5 · ΔE 31.7

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 27.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a66ae1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a66ae1]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#a66ae1 (#a66ae1) is rgb(166, 106, 225) in RGB.

No, #a66ae1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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