#a78fb7

Color #a78fb7

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 19.51 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a78fb7

RGB

rgb(167, 143, 183)

HSL

hsl(276, 21.7%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276, 21.9%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.7%, 21.9%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(62.74, 16.58, -17.52)

LCH

lch(62.74, 24.12, 313.42)

OKLCH

oklch(68.5%, 0.0636, 311.69)

HWB

hwb(276, 56.1%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fb78f

Analogous

#938fb7

#a78fb7

#b78fb3

Triadic

#a78fb7

#b7a78f

#8fb7a7

Split-complementary

#a78fb7

#b3b78f

#8fb793

Tetradic

#a78fb7

#b78f9f

#9fb78f

#8fb7a7

Square

#a78fb7

#b7938f

#9fb78f

#8fb3b7

Shades

Color #a78fb7 mixed toward black.

#8d6ea2

#715584

#554063

#392b42

#1c1521

Tints

Color #a78fb7 mixed toward white.

#b6a2c3

#c4b4cf

#d3c7db

#e2dae7

#f0ecf3

Tones

Color #a78fb7 mixed toward gray.

#a692b4

#a696b0

#a599ad

#a49caa

#a4a0a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9dae · ΔE 11.6

Deuteranopia

#9fa0ac · ΔE 13.7

Tritanopia

#a6a7a6 · ΔE 19.1

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 17.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a78fb7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a78fb7]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a78fb7 (#a78fb7) is rgb(167, 143, 183) in RGB.

No, #a78fb7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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