#a894cc

Color #a894cc

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 16.79 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a894cc

RGB

rgb(168, 148, 204)

HSL

hsl(261.4, 35.4%, 69%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.4, 27.5%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.6%, 27.5%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(64.85, 18.65, -26.07)

LCH

lch(64.85, 32.05, 305.58)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.0832, 300.63)

HWB

hwb(261.4, 58%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8cc94

Analogous

#949ccc

#a894cc

#c494cc

Triadic

#a894cc

#cca894

#94cca8

Split-complementary

#a894cc

#ccc494

#9ccc94

Tetradic

#a894cc

#cc94b8

#b8cc94

#94cca8

Square

#a894cc

#cc949c

#b8cc94

#94ccc4

Shades

Color #a894cc mixed toward black.

#886cb9

#694c9f

#4f3977

#35264f

#1a1328

Tints

Color #a894cc mixed toward white.

#b6a6d4

#c5b8dd

#d3c9e5

#e2dbee

#f0edf6

Tones

Color #a894cc mixed toward gray.

#a999c7

#ab9dc3

#aca2be

#ada7b9

#afabb5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0c0 · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#a1a2bd · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#a7b6b4 · ΔE 23.4

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a894cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a894cc]

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

#a894cc (#a894cc) is rgb(168, 148, 204) in RGB.

No, #a894cc 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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