#a97ed4

Color #a97ed4

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 13.49 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a97ed4

RGB

rgb(169, 126, 212)

HSL

hsl(270, 50%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 40.6%, 83.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.3%, 40.6%, 0%, 16.9%)

LAB

lab(59.99, 33.23, -38.09)

LCH

lch(59.99, 50.55, 311.1)

OKLCH

oklch(66.9%, 0.1311, 306.19)

HWB

hwb(270, 49.4%, 16.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9d47e

Analogous

#7e7ed4

#a97ed4

#d47ed4

Triadic

#a97ed4

#d4a97e

#7ed4a9

Split-complementary

#a97ed4

#d4d47e

#7ed47e

Tetradic

#a97ed4

#d47ea9

#a9d47e

#7ed4a9

Square

#a97ed4

#d47e7e

#a9d47e

#7ed4d4

Shades

Color #a97ed4 mixed toward black.

#8d54c6

#7138a9

#552a7f

#381c55

#1c0e2a

Tints

Color #a97ed4 mixed toward white.

#b794db

#c6a9e2

#d4bfea

#e2d4f1

#f1eaf8

Tones

Color #a97ed4 mixed toward gray.

#a985cd

#a98cc6

#a994bf

#a99bb7

#a9a2b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898c4 · ΔE 11.6

Deuteranopia

#9b9ebf · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#a7b5b2 · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 24.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a97ed4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a97ed4]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#a97ed4 (#a97ed4) is rgb(169, 126, 212) in RGB.

No, #a97ed4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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