#a66bc2

Color #a66bc2

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 13.87 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a66bc2

RGB

rgb(166, 107, 194)

HSL

hsl(280.7, 41.6%, 59%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.7, 44.8%, 76.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.4%, 44.8%, 0%, 23.9%)

LAB

lab(54.57, 38.94, -36.39)

LCH

lch(54.57, 53.3, 316.94)

OKLCH

oklch(62.4%, 0.1406, 314.14)

HWB

hwb(280.7, 42%, 23.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#87c26b

Analogous

#7a6bc2

#a66bc2

#c26bb2

Triadic

#a66bc2

#c2a66b

#6bc2a6

Split-complementary

#a66bc2

#b2c26b

#6bc27a

Tetradic

#a66bc2

#c26b87

#87c26b

#6bc2a6

Square

#a66bc2

#c27a6b

#87c26b

#6bb2c2

Shades

Color #a66bc2 mixed toward black.

#9049b2

#733b8e

#562c6b

#3a1d47

#1d0f24

Tints

Color #a66bc2 mixed toward white.

#b584cc

#c49cd6

#d2b5e0

#e1ceeb

#f0e6f5

Tones

Color #a66bc2 mixed toward gray.

#a372bb

#a179b3

#9e81ac

#9c88a5

#998f9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9090b2 · ΔE 15.8

Deuteranopia

#9397ae · ΔE 18.6

Tritanopia

#a4a4a0 · ΔE 30.5

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 24.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a66bc2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a66bc2]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#a66bc2 (#a66bc2) is rgb(166, 107, 194) in RGB.

No, #a66bc2 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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