#a838bb

Color #a838bb

A moderately saturated medium magenta.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 9.1 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#a838bb

RGB

rgb(168, 56, 187)

HSL

hsl(291.3, 53.9%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(291.3, 70.1%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.2%, 70.1%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(45.28, 62.64, -47.04)

LCH

lch(45.28, 78.34, 323.09)

OKLCH

oklch(55.6%, 0.2111, 321.5)

HWB

hwb(291.3, 22%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4bbb38

Analogous

#6638bb

#a838bb

#bb388c

Triadic

#a838bb

#bba838

#38bba8

Split-complementary

#a838bb

#8cbb38

#38bb66

Tetradic

#a838bb

#bb384b

#4bbb38

#38bba8

Square

#a838bb

#bb6638

#4bbb38

#388cbb

Shades

Color #a838bb mixed toward black.

#8c2f9c

#70257d

#541c5d

#38133e

#1c091f

Tints

Color #a838bb mixed toward white.

#ba54cc

#c876d6

#d698e0

#e4baea

#f1ddf5

Tones

Color #a838bb mixed toward gray.

#a043b0

#984ea5

#91599a

#89648f

#816e84

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.95:1

White text reads better on this background (5.32:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8685a7 · ΔE 23.8

Deuteranopia

#8b92a2 · ΔE 27.2

Tritanopia

#a59590 · ΔE 34.1

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 28.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a838bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a838bb]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#a838bb (#a838bb) is rgb(168, 56, 187) in RGB.

No, #a838bb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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