HEX Color #A866A0 (Plum)

About #A866A0

The precise color #A866A0 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Plum. In the RGB color space, it consists of 168 red, 102 green, and 160 blue.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 39% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 307.3 degrees, it sits comfortably in the magenta spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A866A0

RGB168, 102, 160

HSL307.3°, 27.5%, 52.9%

CMYK0%, 39%, 5%, 34%

HSV307.3°, 39.3%, 65.9%

LAB52.2, 35.5, -20.3

XYZ27.2, 20.4, 35.8

Decimal11036320

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#A866A0 #66A86D

Analogous

#8E66A8 #A8667E

Triadic

#A0A866 #66A0A8

Tetradic

#A88E66 #66A86D #667FA8

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#A866A0

#B177AA

#BB88B5

#C599BF

#CEAACA

#D8BBD4

#E2CCDF

#EBDDE9

#F5EEF4

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#A866A0

#955A8E

#824F7C

#70446A

#5D3858

#4A2D47

#382235

#251623

#120B11

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.14:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA Large

5.07:1

Text on #000000

AA

3.96:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA Large

4.31:1

Text on #0F172A

AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A866A0; }

.text-color { color: #A866A0; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #A866A0; }

Similar Colors

Plum

#DDA0DD