#a78ec6

Color #a78ec6

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 16.32 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 11.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a78ec6

RGB

rgb(167, 142, 198)

HSL

hsl(266.8, 32.9%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(266.8, 28.3%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.7%, 28.3%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(63.04, 20.39, -25.5)

LCH

lch(63.04, 32.65, 308.65)

OKLCH

oklch(68.9%, 0.085, 304.7)

HWB

hwb(266.8, 55.7%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adc68e

Analogous

#8e91c6

#a78ec6

#c38ec6

Triadic

#a78ec6

#c6a78e

#8ec6a7

Split-complementary

#a78ec6

#c6c38e

#91c68e

Tetradic

#a78ec6

#c68ead

#adc68e

#8ec6a7

Square

#a78ec6

#c68e91

#adc68e

#8ec6c3

Shades

Color #a78ec6 mixed toward black.

#8a68b3

#6d4c97

#523971

#37264b

#1b1326

Tints

Color #a78ec6 mixed toward white.

#b6a1d0

#c4b4d9

#d3c7e3

#e2d9ec

#f0ecf6

Tones

Color #a78ec6 mixed toward gray.

#a893c1

#a897bd

#a99cb8

#a9a1b3

#aaa5af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9dba · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#9ea0b8 · ΔE 11.6

Tritanopia

#a6b1ae · ΔE 23.7

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a78ec6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a78ec6]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#a78ec6 (#a78ec6) is rgb(167, 142, 198) in RGB.

No, #a78ec6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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