#a66ac9

Color #a66ac9

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 10.75 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a66ac9

RGB

rgb(166, 106, 201)

HSL

hsl(277.9, 46.8%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.9, 47.3%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.4%, 47.3%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(54.69, 41.02, -40.21)

LCH

lch(54.69, 57.44, 315.57)

OKLCH

oklch(62.6%, 0.1503, 311.9)

HWB

hwb(277.9, 41.6%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8dc96a

Analogous

#776ac9

#a66ac9

#c96abc

Triadic

#a66ac9

#c9a66a

#6ac9a6

Split-complementary

#a66ac9

#bcc96a

#6ac977

Tetradic

#a66ac9

#c96a8d

#8dc96a

#6ac9a6

Square

#a66ac9

#c9776a

#8dc96a

#6abcc9

Shades

Color #a66ac9 mixed toward black.

#9044bb

#733696

#562971

#391b4b

#1d0e26

Tints

Color #a66ac9 mixed toward white.

#b583d2

#c49cdb

#d3b5e4

#e1cded

#f0e6f6

Tones

Color #a66ac9 mixed toward gray.

#a472c1

#a27ab9

#a082b1

#9e8aa9

#9c92a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.53:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#908fb8 · ΔE 15.1

Deuteranopia

#9397b3 · ΔE 18.1

Tritanopia

#a4a8a5 · ΔE 29

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 25.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a66ac9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a66ac9]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a66ac9 (#a66ac9) is rgb(166, 106, 201) in RGB.

No, #a66ac9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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