#a96fe2

Color #a96fe2

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 8.33 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a96fe2

RGB

rgb(169, 111, 226)

HSL

hsl(270.3, 66.5%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270.3, 50.9%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.2%, 50.9%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(57.36, 44.78, -50.09)

LCH

lch(57.36, 67.19, 311.8)

OKLCH

oklch(65.1%, 0.1725, 305.42)

HWB

hwb(270.3, 43.5%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8e26f

Analogous

#706fe2

#a96fe2

#e26fe1

Triadic

#a96fe2

#e2a96f

#6fe2a9

Split-complementary

#a96fe2

#e1e26f

#6fe270

Tetradic

#a96fe2

#e26fa8

#a8e26f

#6fe2a9

Square

#a96fe2

#e2706f

#a8e26f

#6fe1e2

Shades

Color #a96fe2 mixed toward black.

#8d40d9

#7126bb

#551c8c

#39135e

#1c092f

Tints

Color #a96fe2 mixed toward white.

#b787e7

#c69fec

#d4b7f1

#e2cff5

#f1e7fa

Tones

Color #a96fe2 mixed toward gray.

#a979d8

#a982cf

#a98cc5

#a995bc

#a99fb2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.06:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9393ce · ΔE 13.5

Deuteranopia

#979ac8 · ΔE 15.9

Tritanopia

#a7bcb7 · ΔE 31.1

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 26.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a96fe2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a96fe2]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#a96fe2 (#a96fe2) is rgb(169, 111, 226) in RGB.

No, #a96fe2 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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