#a860d9

Color #a860d9

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 9.29 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a860d9

RGB

rgb(168, 96, 217)

HSL

hsl(275.7, 61.4%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.7, 55.8%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.6%, 55.8%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(53.71, 50.43, -50.84)

LCH

lch(53.71, 71.61, 314.77)

OKLCH

oklch(62.2%, 0.1851, 309.52)

HWB

hwb(275.7, 37.6%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#91d960

Analogous

#6c60d9

#a860d9

#d960ce

Triadic

#a860d9

#d9a860

#60d9a8

Split-complementary

#a860d9

#ced960

#60d96c

Tetradic

#a860d9

#d96091

#91d960

#60d9a8

Square

#a860d9

#d96c60

#91d960

#60ced9

Shades

Color #a860d9 mixed toward black.

#9136cf

#7528a8

#571e7e

#3a1454

#1d0a2a

Tints

Color #a860d9 mixed toward white.

#b77bdf

#c595e6

#d4b0ec

#e2caf2

#f1e5f9

Tones

Color #a860d9 mixed toward gray.

#a66acf

#a474c5

#a27ebb

#a088b1

#9e92a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.34:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8ec4 · ΔE 16.2

Deuteranopia

#9297bf · ΔE 19.3

Tritanopia

#a5b2ad · ΔE 32.3

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 27.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a860d9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a860d9]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a860d9 (#a860d9) is rgb(168, 96, 217) in RGB.

No, #a860d9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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