#a68ec5

Color #a68ec5

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 16.74 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 11.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a68ec5

RGB

rgb(166, 142, 197)

HSL

hsl(266.2, 32.2%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(266.2, 27.9%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.7%, 27.9%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(62.91, 19.85, -25.15)

LCH

lch(62.91, 32.04, 308.28)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.0833, 304.24)

HWB

hwb(266.2, 55.7%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adc58e

Analogous

#8e92c5

#a68ec5

#c28ec5

Triadic

#a68ec5

#c5a68e

#8ec5a6

Split-complementary

#a68ec5

#c5c28e

#92c58e

Tetradic

#a68ec5

#c58ead

#adc58e

#8ec5a6

Square

#a68ec5

#c58e92

#adc58e

#8ec5c2

Shades

Color #a68ec5 mixed toward black.

#8969b2

#6c4d95

#513970

#36264b

#1b1325

Tints

Color #a68ec5 mixed toward white.

#b5a1cf

#c4b4d8

#d3c7e2

#e1d9ec

#f0ecf5

Tones

Color #a68ec5 mixed toward gray.

#a793c0

#a797bc

#a89cb7

#a8a0b3

#a9a5ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9cba · ΔE 9.2

Deuteranopia

#9e9fb7 · ΔE 11.2

Tritanopia

#a5b0ae · ΔE 23

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a68ec5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a68ec5]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#a68ec5 (#a68ec5) is rgb(166, 142, 197) in RGB.

No, #a68ec5 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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