#a973cd

Color #a973cd

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 11.79 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a973cd

RGB

rgb(169, 115, 205)

HSL

hsl(276, 47.4%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276, 43.9%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.6%, 43.9%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(57.18, 37.8, -38.55)

LCH

lch(57.18, 53.99, 314.44)

OKLCH

oklch(64.6%, 0.1411, 310.63)

HWB

hwb(276, 45.1%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97cd73

Analogous

#7c73cd

#a973cd

#cd73c4

Triadic

#a973cd

#cda973

#73cda9

Split-complementary

#a973cd

#c4cd73

#73cd7c

Tetradic

#a973cd

#cd7397

#97cd73

#73cda9

Square

#a973cd

#cd7c73

#97cd73

#73c4cd

Shades

Color #a973cd mixed toward black.

#914cbf

#75389d

#582a76

#3a1c4f

#1d0e27

Tints

Color #a973cd mixed toward white.

#b78ad5

#c6a2de

#d4b9e6

#e2d0ee

#f1e8f7

Tones

Color #a973cd mixed toward gray.

#a77ac5

#a682be

#a489b6

#a391af

#a198a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.02:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9594bc · ΔE 14

Deuteranopia

#989bb8 · ΔE 16.7

Tritanopia

#a7adaa · ΔE 27.7

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 24.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a973cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a973cd]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a973cd (#a973cd) is rgb(169, 115, 205) in RGB.

No, #a973cd 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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