#a698c0

Color #a698c0

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 17.63 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a698c0

RGB

rgb(166, 152, 192)

HSL

hsl(261, 24.1%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261, 20.8%, 75.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.5%, 20.8%, 0%, 24.7%)

LAB

lab(65.25, 13.08, -18.77)

LCH

lch(65.25, 22.88, 304.87)

OKLCH

oklch(70.6%, 0.0595, 300.83)

HWB

hwb(261, 59.6%, 24.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b2c098

Analogous

#989ec0

#a698c0

#ba98c0

Triadic

#a698c0

#c0a698

#98c0a6

Split-complementary

#a698c0

#c0ba98

#9ec098

Tetradic

#a698c0

#c098b2

#b2c098

#98c0a6

Square

#a698c0

#c0989e

#b2c098

#98c0ba

Shades

Color #a698c0 mixed toward black.

#8775aa

#6a578e

#50416b

#352c47

#1b1624

Tints

Color #a698c0 mixed toward white.

#b5a9cb

#c4bad5

#d3cce0

#e1ddea

#f0eef5

Tones

Color #a698c0 mixed toward gray.

#a79bbd

#a89fb9

#a9a2b6

#aaa5b3

#aba9af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0b7 · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#a1a2b5 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#a5b0ae · ΔE 20.7

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 16.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a698c0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a698c0]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#a698c0 (#a698c0) is rgb(166, 152, 192) in RGB.

No, #a698c0 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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