#a17fa9 Color Information

#a17fa9 Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #a17fa9. In RGB, it consists of 63.1% Red, 49.8% Green, and 66.3% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 4.7% Cyan, 24.9% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 33.7% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 288.6°, with saturation of 19.6% and lightness of 58%. The decimal value for #a17fa9 is 10583977, and its nearest "web safe" color is #996699. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #a17fa9 is blue. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is black. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is blue.
  • HexHex code for this color#a17fa9 Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color161, 127, 169 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color63.1%, 49.8%, 66.3% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.369, 0.502, 0.337 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.047, 0.249, 0, 0.337 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color288.6°, 19.6%, 58.0% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color288.6°, 24.9%, 66.3% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color29.449, 25.620, 40.929 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color161, 127, 169 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code10583977 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color57.675, 20.770, -17.315 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)57.675, 27.040, 320.184 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color57.675, 16.273, -28.925 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color50.617, 15.272, -12.511 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.307, 0.267, 25.620 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4288774057 / 0xffa17fa9 Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#996699 Copy
Last Updated: March 27, 2024

Shades of #a17fa9

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #a17fa9, its pure hue is 288.6° on the color wheel and its saturation is 19.6%, and its lightness is 58.0%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #a17fa9, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #141015 to #8d6f94.

Tints of #a17fa9

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #a17fa9, its pure hue is 288.6° on the color wheel and its saturation is 19.6%, and its lightness is 58.0%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #a17fa9, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #ad8fb4 to #f3eff4.

Tones of #a17fa9

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #a17fa9, its pure hue is 288.6° on the color wheel and its saturation is 19.6%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #a17fa9, which range from #949494 (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #d629ff (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #a17fa9

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #a17fa9! For #a17fa9, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #a17fa9. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #a17fa9

This color, #a17fa9, consists of 63.1% Red, 49.8% Green, and 66.3% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 161, Green = 127, Blue = 169. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #a17fa9 is 4.7% Cyan, 24.9% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 33.7% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R63.1%
C4.7%
G49.8%
M24.9%
B66.3%
Y0.0%
K33.7%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 161 127 169
Octal 241 177 251
Hexa #a1 #7f #a9
Binary 10100001 01111111 10101001
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 4 24 0 33
Octal 4 30 0 41
Hexa #04 #18 #00 #21
Binary 00000100 00011000 00000000 00100001

Analogous Colors of #a17fa9

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #a17fa9 — which has hue 288.6° — its analogous colors are located at 258.6° and 318.6° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a17fa9.

Triadic Colors of #a17fa9

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #a17fa9 — which has hue 288.6° — its triadic colors are located at 48.6° and 288.6° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a17fa9.

Complementary Color of #a17fa9

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #a17fa9 — which has hue 288.6° — its complementary color is located at 108.6° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a17fa9.

Split Complementary Colors of #a17fa9

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #a17fa9 — which has hue 288.6° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 78.6° and 288.6° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a17fa9.

Tetradic Colors of #a17fa9

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #a17fa9 — which has hue 288.6° — its tetradic colors are located at 198.6°, 288.6°, 18.6°, and 108.6° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a17fa9.

Monochromatic Colors of #a17fa9

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #a17fa9, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #645568 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #d3bad9 (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #a17fa9

We want to make getting started with #a17fa9 on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #a17fa9 into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #a17fa9 can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #a17fa9 with other HTML elements.

#a17fa9 Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #a17fa9.
<span style="color: #a17fa9;">The color of this text is #a17fa9.</span>

#a17fa9 Background Color

The background color for this text is #a17fa9.
<div style="background-color: #a17fa9; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #a17fa9.</div>

#a17fa9 Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #a17fa9.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #a17fa9;">This color for the shadow of this text is #a17fa9.</span>

#a17fa9 Border Color

This is a div with border color #a17fa9.
<div style="border: #a17fa9 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #a17fa9.</div>

#a17fa9 Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #a17fa9 on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #a17fa9; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #a17fa9 on a white background.</div></div>

#a17fa9 Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #a17fa9 on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #a17fa9; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #a17fa9 on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #a17fa9 to White

This is a gradient from #a17fa9 to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#a17fa9,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#a17fa9,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#a17fa9,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#a17fa9,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #a17fa9 to white.</div>

Gradient from #a17fa9 to Black

This is a gradient from #a17fa9 to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#a17fa9,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#a17fa9,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#a17fa9,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#a17fa9,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #a17fa9 to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #a17fa9

In addition to using #a17fa9 on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #a17fa9 in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #a17fa9, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 161, Green = 127, Blue = 169). If you need details about the color coordinates of #a17fa9 in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #a17fa9
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(161, 127, 169)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #a17fa9; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #a17fa9; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #a17fa9; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(161, 127, 169);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#a17fa9")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:161, green:127, blue:169, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:161 green:127 blue:169 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(161f, 127f, 169f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(161, 127, 169);
 

#a17fa9 Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #a17fa9 the same way. For those with color blindness, #a17fa9 might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #a17fa9 looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #a17fa9 is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #a17fa9 looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #a17fa9 will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #a17fa9 is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 3.4:1 against white. While there are some situations where this contrast is high enough to be considered accessible under the AA or AAA level standards, it is not high enough to be considered accessible in all cases. Details about the specific circumstances where #a17fa9 would and would not be an accessible foreground color are summarized below.

WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
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WCAG AAA
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