#a895b2

Color #a895b2

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 16.24 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a895b2

RGB

rgb(168, 149, 178)

HSL

hsl(279.3, 15.8%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.3, 16.3%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.6%, 16.3%, 0%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(64.19, 12.5, -12.51)

LCH

lch(64.19, 17.68, 314.98)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.0469, 314.05)

HWB

hwb(279.3, 58.4%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fb295

Analogous

#9995b2

#a895b2

#b295ad

Triadic

#a895b2

#b2a895

#95b2a8

Split-complementary

#a895b2

#adb295

#95b299

Tetradic

#a895b2

#b2959f

#9fb295

#95b2a8

Square

#a895b2

#b29995

#9fb295

#95adb2

Shades

Color #a895b2 mixed toward black.

#8e759b

#725c7e

#56455f

#392e3f

#1d1720

Tints

Color #a895b2 mixed toward white.

#b6a7bf

#c5b8cc

#d3cad8

#e2dce5

#f0edf2

Tones

Color #a895b2 mixed toward gray.

#a797b0

#a69aad

#a69cab

#a59fa8

#a4a1a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0ac · ΔE 10.4

Deuteranopia

#a1a3aa · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#a7a6a5 · ΔE 15.5

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 14.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a895b2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a895b2]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#a895b2 (#a895b2) is rgb(168, 149, 178) in RGB.

No, #a895b2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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