#a16ac8

Color #a16ac8

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 9.84 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a16ac8

RGB

rgb(161, 106, 200)

HSL

hsl(275.1, 46.1%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.1, 47%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.5%, 47%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(54.09, 39.38, -40.63)

LCH

lch(54.09, 56.58, 314.1)

OKLCH

oklch(62%, 0.1473, 309.71)

HWB

hwb(275.1, 41.6%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#91c86a

Analogous

#726ac8

#a16ac8

#c86ac0

Triadic

#a16ac8

#c8a16a

#6ac8a1

Split-complementary

#a16ac8

#c0c86a

#6ac872

Tetradic

#a16ac8

#c86a91

#91c86a

#6ac8a1

Square

#a16ac8

#c8726a

#91c86a

#6ac0c8

Shades

Color #a16ac8 mixed toward black.

#8945ba

#6e3795

#522970

#371b4b

#1b0e25

Tints

Color #a16ac8 mixed toward white.

#b183d1

#c09cda

#d0b4e4

#e0cded

#efe6f6

Tones

Color #a16ac8 mixed toward gray.

#a072c0

#9e7ab8

#9d81b1

#9c89a9

#9a91a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8cb7 · ΔE 14.1

Deuteranopia

#9093b2 · ΔE 16.8

Tritanopia

#9fa8a4 · ΔE 29

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 25.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a16ac8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a16ac8]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a16ac8 (#a16ac8) is rgb(161, 106, 200) in RGB.

No, #a16ac8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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