#a854ce

Color #a854ce

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 5.98 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#a854ce

RGB

rgb(168, 84, 206)

HSL

hsl(281.3, 55.5%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.3, 59.2%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.4%, 59.2%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(50.83, 54.09, -49.17)

LCH

lch(50.83, 73.1, 317.73)

OKLCH

oklch(59.9%, 0.1914, 313.9)

HWB

hwb(281.3, 32.9%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7ace54

Analogous

#6b54ce

#a854ce

#ce54b7

Triadic

#a854ce

#cea854

#54cea8

Split-complementary

#a854ce

#b7ce54

#54ce6b

Tetradic

#a854ce

#ce547a

#7ace54

#54cea8

Square

#a854ce

#ce6b54

#7ace54

#54b7ce

Shades

Color #a854ce mixed toward black.

#9236bc

#752b96

#582071

#3a164b

#1d0b26

Tints

Color #a854ce mixed toward white.

#b771d6

#c58dde

#d4aae7

#e2c6ef

#f1e3f7

Tones

Color #a854ce mixed toward gray.

#a45ec4

#a068ba

#9d73b0

#997da5

#95879b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.82:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8bba · ΔE 18.8

Deuteranopia

#9095b4 · ΔE 22.2

Tritanopia

#a5a7a3 · ΔE 35.8

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 27.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a854ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a854ce]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#a854ce (#a854ce) is rgb(168, 84, 206) in RGB.

No, #a854ce is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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