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#A67AB5 — Dusty Purple

#A67AB5 is a purple color we call Dusty Purple, closest to the named color DarkGray (#A9A9A9). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkgray (#A9A9A9) — not an exact match. CSS darkgray gives you #A9A9A9, a different color; use #A67AB5 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.

#A67AB5 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 #87B578; it also sits naturally between #8778B5 and #B578A6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A67AB5 · RGB 166, 122, 181

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Color values

HEX#A67AB5
RGB166, 122, 181
HSL285°, 29%, 59%
HSV285°, 33%, 71%
CMYK8%, 33%, 0%, 29%
XYZ31.03, 25.36, 46.98
Yxy25.36, 0.3002, 0.2454
CIE-Lab57.43, 27.78, -24.53
Hunter Lab50.36, 24.92, -23.67

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 65% · Green 48% · Blue 71%

Cyan 8% · Magenta 33% · Yellow 0% · Key 29%

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

Previews

Sample text in #A67AB5 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A67AB5 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A67AB5

.text { color: #A67AB5; }
.background { background-color: #A67AB5; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A67AB5; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(166, 122, 181); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(285, 29%, 59%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A67AB5; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(166, 122, 181, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A67AB5; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(166, 122, 181, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A67AB5">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A67AB5">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A67AB5

#9B68AC#8C579E#7E4E8D#6C437A#5D3A69#4C2F56#3D2645#2C1B31#1D1221#0C070D

Tints of #A67AB5

#AE85BC#B58FC1#BE9CC9#C6A9D0#CFB7D7#D6C0DD#DECEE4#E7DBEB#EEE5F1#F6F2F8

Tones of #A67AB5

#A47CB1#A180AC#9F85A8#9D8AA3#9B8E9F#99929B

Color harmonies

Complementary — #87B578:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.46:1 AA large only
Against black text6.07:1 AA

Best text color on #A67AB5: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A67AB5

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 #A67AB5: ·

How #A67AB5 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #9393A7Deuteranopia · #9699A3Tritanopia · #A49B99

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:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #A67AB5 rather than the exact color:

Palette E5df88
#E5DF88 · #E8E8E8 · #A37EBA · #4C4C4C
Modern Ruby Horizon
#538878 · #5E698A · #A772B6 · #785158
Ruby Marble
#4C2365 · #7F5D99 · #9E7EB5 · #C4A4DA
Modern Tempest
#AC7FAF · #734153 · #C5A490 · #A6AE51
Rustic Mirage
#96C481 · #689C90 · #5C648E · #A87BAB
Cosmic Ruby Petal
#4CA289 · #98AFC4 · #5F4C96 · #AD79AC

Similar colors

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

#A37EBA#A772B6#9E7EB5#AC7FAF#A87BAB#AD79AC#A56EAF#9F86B5#A888B5#9B7EBD#A482A9#9981B4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A67AB4  ·  #A67AB6 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A67AB5?

#A67AB5 is Dusty Purple, a purple color (RGB 166, 122, 181). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A67AB5?

#A67AB5 is RGB 166, 122, 181 — HSL 285°, 29%, 59% — CMYK 8%, 33%, 0%, 29%.

What colors go with #A67AB5?

Its complement is #87B578; analogous partners are #8778B5 and #B578A6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A67AB5 for text?

Black text on #A67AB5 has a contrast ratio of 6.07:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.46:1.