#a656b9

Color #a656b9

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 14.41 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a656b9

RGB

rgb(166, 86, 185)

HSL

hsl(288.5, 41.4%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.5, 53.5%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.3%, 53.5%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(49.82, 48.24, -38.68)

LCH

lch(49.82, 61.83, 321.28)

OKLCH

oklch(58.8%, 0.1659, 319.65)

HWB

hwb(288.5, 33.7%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#69b956

Analogous

#7456b9

#a656b9

#b9569a

Triadic

#a656b9

#b9a656

#56b9a6

Split-complementary

#a656b9

#9ab956

#56b974

Tetradic

#a656b9

#b95669

#69b956

#56b9a6

Square

#a656b9

#b97456

#69b956

#569ab9

Shades

Color #a656b9 mixed toward black.

#8e42a0

#713580

#552860

#391a40

#1c0d20

Tints

Color #a656b9 mixed toward white.

#b572c5

#c48ed0

#d2aadc

#e1c7e8

#f0e3f3

Tones

Color #a656b9 mixed toward gray.

#a15eb1

#9c66a8

#976fa0

#927798

#8c7f90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8aa8 · ΔE 19.9

Deuteranopia

#8f94a3 · ΔE 23.2

Tritanopia

#a39895 · ΔE 29.4

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 26.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a656b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a656b9]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#a656b9 (#a656b9) is rgb(166, 86, 185) in RGB.

No, #a656b9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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