#a687b8

Color #a687b8

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 17.16 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 14

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Conversions

HEX

#a687b8

RGB

rgb(166, 135, 184)

HSL

hsl(278, 25.7%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278, 26.6%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.8%, 26.6%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(60.69, 21, -21.22)

LCH

lch(60.69, 29.85, 314.7)

OKLCH

oklch(66.9%, 0.0788, 312.84)

HWB

hwb(278, 52.9%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99b887

Analogous

#8d87b8

#a687b8

#b887b1

Triadic

#a687b8

#b8a687

#87b8a6

Split-complementary

#a687b8

#b1b887

#87b88d

Tetradic

#a687b8

#b88799

#99b887

#87b8a6

Square

#a687b8

#b88d87

#99b887

#87b1b8

Shades

Color #a687b8 mixed toward black.

#8d65a4

#724f86

#553b64

#392743

#1c1421

Tints

Color #a687b8 mixed toward white.

#b59bc4

#c4afd0

#d2c3db

#e1d7e7

#f0ebf3

Tones

Color #a687b8 mixed toward gray.

#a58bb4

#a48fb0

#a393ac

#a297a8

#a09ba3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a99ae · ΔE 12.3

Deuteranopia

#9b9eab · ΔE 16.1

Tritanopia

#a5a5a3 · ΔE 22.6

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a687b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a687b8]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a687b8 (#a687b8) is rgb(166, 135, 184) in RGB.

No, #a687b8 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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