#a986e6

Color #a986e6

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 10.59 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a986e6

RGB

rgb(169, 134, 230)

HSL

hsl(261.9, 65.8%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.9, 41.7%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.5%, 41.7%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(62.67, 32.96, -43.92)

LCH

lch(62.67, 54.91, 306.89)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.141, 299.53)

HWB

hwb(261.9, 52.5%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c3e686

Analogous

#8693e6

#a986e6

#d986e6

Triadic

#a986e6

#e6a986

#86e6a9

Split-complementary

#a986e6

#e6d986

#93e686

Tetradic

#a986e6

#e686c3

#c3e686

#86e6a9

Square

#a986e6

#e68693

#c3e686

#86e6d9

Shades

Color #a986e6 mixed toward black.

#8554dc

#642ac9

#4b1f97

#321565

#190a32

Tints

Color #a986e6 mixed toward white.

#b79aea

#c6aeee

#d4c3f3

#e2d7f7

#f1ebfb

Tones

Color #a986e6 mixed toward gray.

#ab8ede

#ad96d6

#b09ece

#b2a6c6

#b4aebe

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9bd4 · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#9da0cf · ΔE 11

Tritanopia

#a7c4c0 · ΔE 28.6

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 24.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a986e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a986e6]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#a986e6 (#a986e6) is rgb(169, 134, 230) in RGB.

No, #a986e6 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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