#a873ca

Color #a873ca

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 13 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a873ca

RGB

rgb(168, 115, 202)

HSL

hsl(276.6, 45.1%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.6, 43.1%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.8%, 43.1%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(56.93, 36.85, -37.24)

LCH

lch(56.93, 52.39, 314.7)

OKLCH

oklch(64.4%, 0.1371, 311.07)

HWB

hwb(276.6, 45.1%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95ca73

Analogous

#7d73ca

#a873ca

#ca73c1

Triadic

#a873ca

#caa873

#73caa8

Split-complementary

#a873ca

#c1ca73

#73ca7d

Tetradic

#a873ca

#ca7395

#95ca73

#73caa8

Square

#a873ca

#ca7d73

#95ca73

#73c1ca

Shades

Color #a873ca mixed toward black.

#904dbc

#743a99

#572c73

#3a1d4d

#1d0f26

Tints

Color #a873ca mixed toward white.

#b78ad3

#c5a2dc

#d4b9e5

#e2d0ed

#f1e8f6

Tones

Color #a873ca mixed toward gray.

#a77ac3

#a582bc

#a389b4

#a290ad

#a097a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494ba · ΔE 14.2

Deuteranopia

#979bb5 · ΔE 17

Tritanopia

#a6aba8 · ΔE 27.6

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 24.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a873ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a873ca]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a873ca (#a873ca) is rgb(168, 115, 202) in RGB.

No, #a873ca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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