#a17eb8

Color #a17eb8

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 17.67 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 12.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a17eb8

RGB

rgb(161, 126, 184)

HSL

hsl(276.2, 29%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.2, 31.5%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.5%, 31.5%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(58, 24.5, -25.39)

LCH

lch(58, 35.28, 313.98)

OKLCH

oklch(64.8%, 0.0928, 311.42)

HWB

hwb(276.2, 49.4%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95b87e

Analogous

#847eb8

#a17eb8

#b87eb2

Triadic

#a17eb8

#b8a17e

#7eb8a1

Split-complementary

#a17eb8

#b2b87e

#7eb884

Tetradic

#a17eb8

#b87e95

#95b87e

#7eb8a1

Square

#a17eb8

#b8847e

#95b87e

#7eb2b8

Shades

Color #a17eb8 mixed toward black.

#895da6

#6e4985

#523764

#372543

#1b1221

Tints

Color #a17eb8 mixed toward white.

#b194c4

#c0a9d0

#d0bfdc

#e0d4e7

#efeaf3

Tones

Color #a17eb8 mixed toward gray.

#a083b3

#9f88ae

#9e8daa

#9d91a5

#9c96a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.19:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9393ac · ΔE 12.7

Deuteranopia

#9598a9 · ΔE 15.8

Tritanopia

#9fa2a0 · ΔE 23.4

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a17eb8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a17eb8]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a17eb8 (#a17eb8) is rgb(161, 126, 184) in RGB.

No, #a17eb8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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