#a85aa9

Color #a85aa9

A muted medium magenta.

Closest named color Orchid #da70d6 · ΔE 18.09 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 11.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a85aa9

RGB

rgb(168, 90, 169)

HSL

hsl(299.2, 31.5%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(299.2, 46.7%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.6%, 46.7%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(50.1, 43.63, -28.89)

LCH

lch(50.1, 52.33, 326.49)

OKLCH

oklch(58.8%, 0.1444, 326.75)

HWB

hwb(299.2, 35.3%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5ba95a

Analogous

#805aa9

#a85aa9

#a95a83

Triadic

#a85aa9

#a9a85a

#5aa9a8

Split-complementary

#a85aa9

#83a95a

#5aa980

Tetradic

#a85aa9

#a95a5b

#5ba95a

#5aa9a8

Square

#a85aa9

#a9805a

#5ba95a

#5a83a9

Shades

Color #a85aa9 mixed toward black.

#8d4a8e

#713b72

#552c55

#381e39

#1c0f1c

Tints

Color #a85aa9 mixed toward white.

#b776b7

#c591c6

#d4add4

#e2c8e2

#f1e4f1

Tones

Color #a85aa9 mixed toward gray.

#a261a2

#9b679c

#956e95

#8e748f

#887b88

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8c9b · ΔE 21.7

Deuteranopia

#919697 · ΔE 19.4

Tritanopia

#a58e8b · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 24.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a85aa9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a85aa9]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#a85aa9 (#a85aa9) is rgb(168, 90, 169) in RGB.

No, #a85aa9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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