#a36dcb

Color #a36dcb

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 9.63 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a36dcb

RGB

rgb(163, 109, 203)

HSL

hsl(274.5, 47.5%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.5, 46.3%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.7%, 46.3%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(55.11, 38.96, -40.71)

LCH

lch(55.11, 56.35, 313.74)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.1466, 309.27)

HWB

hwb(274.5, 42.7%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95cb6d

Analogous

#746dcb

#a36dcb

#cb6dc4

Triadic

#a36dcb

#cba36d

#6dcba3

Split-complementary

#a36dcb

#c4cb6d

#6dcb74

Tetradic

#a36dcb

#cb6d95

#95cb6d

#6dcba3

Square

#a36dcb

#cb746d

#95cb6d

#6dc4cb

Shades

Color #a36dcb mixed toward black.

#8b47bd

#6f3799

#542973

#381b4d

#1c0e26

Tints

Color #a36dcb mixed toward white.

#b285d4

#c29edc

#d1b6e5

#e0ceee

#f0e7f6

Tones

Color #a36dcb mixed toward gray.

#a275c3

#a17dbb

#a085b4

#9e8cac

#9d94a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8eba · ΔE 13.7

Deuteranopia

#9295b5 · ΔE 16.4

Tritanopia

#a1aba7 · ΔE 28.7

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 25.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a36dcb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a36dcb]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a36dcb (#a36dcb) is rgb(163, 109, 203) in RGB.

No, #a36dcb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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