#a68bac

Color #a68bac

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 19.41 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a68bac

RGB

rgb(166, 139, 172)

HSL

hsl(289.1, 16.6%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(289.1, 19.2%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.5%, 19.2%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(61.27, 16.25, -13.54)

LCH

lch(61.27, 21.15, 320.2)

OKLCH

oklch(67.2%, 0.0568, 320.14)

HWB

hwb(289.1, 54.5%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#91ac8b

Analogous

#968bac

#a68bac

#ac8ba2

Triadic

#a68bac

#aca68b

#8baca6

Split-complementary

#a68bac

#a2ac8b

#8bac96

Tetradic

#a68bac

#ac8b91

#91ac8b

#8baca6

Square

#a68bac

#ac968b

#91ac8b

#8ba2ac

Shades

Color #a68bac mixed toward black.

#8f6d96

#735679

#56415b

#392b3c

#1d161e

Tints

Color #a68bac mixed toward white.

#b59eba

#c4b2c8

#d3c5d6

#e1d8e3

#f0ecf1

Tones

Color #a68bac mixed toward gray.

#a48ea9

#a391a7

#a193a4

#9f96a1

#9d999e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9ba5 · ΔE 13.5

Deuteranopia

#9d9fa3 · ΔE 16.6

Tritanopia

#a59f9d · ΔE 16.7

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 17

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a68bac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a68bac]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#a68bac (#a68bac) is rgb(166, 139, 172) in RGB.

No, #a68bac 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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