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#A67CEA — Light Purple

#A67CEA is a purple color we call Light Purple, closest to the named color Orchid (#DA70D6). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: orchid (#DA70D6) — not an exact match. CSS orchid gives you #DA70D6, a different color; use #A67CEA 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.

#A67CEA is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #BFEA7B; it also sits naturally between #7B88EA and #DD7BEA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A67CEA · RGB 166, 124, 234

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Color values

HEX#A67CEA
RGB166, 124, 234
HSL263°, 72%, 70%
HSV263°, 47%, 92%
CMYK29%, 47%, 0%, 8%
XYZ37.78, 28.46, 81.34
Yxy28.46, 0.2560, 0.1928
CIE-Lab60.30, 38.75, -49.92
Hunter Lab53.35, 36.48, -58.11

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 65% · Green 49% · Blue 92%

Cyan 29% · Magenta 47% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #A67CEA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A67CEA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A67CEA

.text { color: #A67CEA; }
.background { background-color: #A67CEA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A67CEA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(166, 124, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(263, 72%, 70%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A67CEA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(166, 124, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A67CEA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(166, 124, 234, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A67CEA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A67CEA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A67CEA

#915DE5#7F42E0#6A24DB#5D1FC1#4E1AA2#401584#331169#240C4B#170830#080312

Tints of #A67CEA

#AF89EC#B591ED#BD9FEF#C3A7F1#CCB4F3#D5C2F5#DBCAF6#E4D8F9#EAE0FA#F3EDFC

Tones of #A67CEA

#A783E2#A98BDA#AB93D2#AD9BCA#AFA2C3#B1ABBA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BFEA7B:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.14:1 AA large only
Against black text6.69:1 AA

Best text color on #A67CEA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A67CEA

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 #A67CEA: ·

How #A67CEA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #9493CFDeuteranopia · #9699C9Tritanopia · #A4BAB6

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 indigo 500 · #6366F1

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #A67CEA rather than the exact color:

Honey Ruby Aurora
#AE83EA · #C01EB9 · #EC6792 · #ED946D
Golden Summit
#4717CB · #AA72EF · #B9E936 · #DCEC96
Palette Ffe6e6
#FFE6E6 · #FFABE1 · #A685E2 · #6155A6
Dusty Horizon
#3595DD · #1D2FE0 · #A573F2 · #D835F0
Rustic Canyon
#38179F · #9C74EB · #C1E650 · #E0F0BA
Velvet Ruby Horizon
#1838A7 · #482FE1 · #AE72EB · #E7A5F2

Similar colors

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

#AE83EA#AA72EF#A685E2#A573F2#9C74EB#AE72EB#A078DE#B375E9#9A75F1#A084DC#A06EE1#AC71DD

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A67CE9  ·  #A67CEB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A67CEA?

#A67CEA is Light Purple, a purple color (RGB 166, 124, 234). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A67CEA?

#A67CEA is RGB 166, 124, 234 — HSL 263°, 72%, 70% — CMYK 29%, 47%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #A67CEA?

Its complement is #BFEA7B; analogous partners are #7B88EA and #DD7BEA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A67CEA for text?

Black text on #A67CEA has a contrast ratio of 6.69:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.14:1.