#a859af

Color #a859af

A muted medium magenta.

Closest named color Orchid #da70d6 · ΔE 16.23 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a859af

RGB

rgb(168, 89, 175)

HSL

hsl(295.1, 35%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(295.1, 49.1%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(4%, 49.1%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(50.18, 45.29, -32.28)

LCH

lch(50.18, 55.62, 324.52)

OKLCH

oklch(58.9%, 0.152, 324.21)

HWB

hwb(295.1, 34.9%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#60af59

Analogous

#7d59af

#a859af

#af598b

Triadic

#a859af

#afa859

#59afa8

Split-complementary

#a859af

#8baf59

#59af7d

Tetradic

#a859af

#af5960

#60af59

#59afa8

Square

#a859af

#af7d59

#60af59

#598baf

Shades

Color #a859af mixed toward black.

#8e4895

#723977

#552b59

#391d3b

#1c0e1e

Tints

Color #a859af mixed toward white.

#b775bc

#c590ca

#d4acd7

#e2c8e4

#f1e3f2

Tones

Color #a859af mixed toward gray.

#a260a8

#9c67a1

#966f9a

#907692

#8a7d8b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8ca0 · ΔE 21

Deuteranopia

#91969b · ΔE 21.6

Tritanopia

#a5928e · ΔE 27.2

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 25.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a859af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a859af]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#a859af (#a859af) is rgb(168, 89, 175) in RGB.

No, #a859af 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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