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#A658CA — Muted Purple

#A658CA is a purple color we call Muted Purple, closest to the named color DarkOrchid (#9932CC). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkorchid (#9932CC) — not an exact match. CSS darkorchid gives you #9932CC, a different color; use #A658CA when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#A658CA is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #7CCA58; it also sits naturally between #6D58CA and #CA58B5. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A658CA · RGB 166, 88, 202

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Color values

HEX#A658CA
RGB166, 88, 202
HSL281°, 52%, 57%
HSV281°, 56%, 79%
CMYK18%, 56%, 0%, 21%
XYZ29.88, 19.35, 58.04
Yxy19.35, 0.2785, 0.1804
CIE-Lab51.10, 50.76, -46.48
Hunter Lab43.99, 47.34, -51.74

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 65% · Green 35% · Blue 79%

Cyan 18% · Magenta 56% · Yellow 0% · Key 21%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #A658CA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A658CA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A658CA

.text { color: #A658CA; }
.background { background-color: #A658CA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A658CA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(166, 88, 202); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(281, 52%, 57%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A658CA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(166, 88, 202, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A658CA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(166, 88, 202, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A658CA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A658CA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A658CA

#9C45C4#8C38B2#7C329F#6D2C8C#5E2678#4C1F61#3D184E#2E123A#1B0B23#0C0510

Tints of #A658CA

#AF68CF#B777D4#BF87D9#C796DE#D0A6E3#D6B1E7#DEC1EB#E6D0F0#EEE0F5#F7EFFA

Tones of #A658CA

#A360C3#A069BA#9D70B2#9A79A9#9781A2#948A99

Color harmonies

Complementary — #7CCA58:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.31:1 AA large only
Against black text4.87:1 AA

Best text color on #A658CA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A658CA

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #A658CA: ·

How #A658CA looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #8484AEDeuteranopia · #898FA8Tritanopia · #A29994

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6Tailwind purple 600 · #9333EA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #A658CA rather than the exact color:

Mellow Ruby Bloom
#2698AB · #2E67CE · #968BD9 · #A157CB
Palette Ffb84c
#FFB84C · #F266AB · #A459D1 · #2CD3E1
Lucky Ruby Canyon
#AB53C6 · #D991CA · #B53B63 · #C65949
Mellow Ruby Ember
#3D7D26 · #93CE60 · #AE5ACC · #D4B5E2
Palette Aa60c8
#AA60C8 · #D69ADE · #EABDE6 · #FFDFEF
Honey Monsoon
#7373DD · #A260D1 · #8E297D · #C4365A

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#A157CB#A459D1#AB53C6#AE5ACC#AA60C8#A260D1#A55ED4#AA53C0#AE50D0#9A57CF#AA51D6#9D4EC1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A658C9  ·  #A658CB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A658CA?

#A658CA is Muted Purple, a purple color (RGB 166, 88, 202). Its closest standard named color is DarkOrchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A658CA?

#A658CA is RGB 166, 88, 202 — HSL 281°, 52%, 57% — CMYK 18%, 56%, 0%, 21%.

What colors go with #A658CA?

Its complement is #7CCA58; analogous partners are #6D58CA and #CA58B5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A658CA for text?

Black text on #A658CA has a contrast ratio of 4.87:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.31:1.