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#A67EC1 — Muted Purple

#A67EC1 is a purple color we call Muted 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 #A67EC1 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.

#A67EC1 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 #9AC280; it also sits naturally between #8680C2 and #C280BB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A67EC1 · RGB 166, 126, 193

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Color values

HEX#A67EC1
RGB166, 126, 193
HSL276°, 35%, 63%
HSV276°, 35%, 76%
CMYK14%, 35%, 0%, 24%
XYZ32.81, 26.88, 53.91
Yxy26.88, 0.2888, 0.2366
CIE-Lab58.86, 28.07, -29.15
Hunter Lab51.84, 25.41, -29.27

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 65% · Green 49% · Blue 76%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 35% · Yellow 0% · Key 24%

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

Previews

Sample text in #A67EC1 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A67EC1 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A67EC1

.text { color: #A67EC1; }
.background { background-color: #A67EC1; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A67EC1; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(166, 126, 193); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(276, 35%, 63%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A67EC1; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(166, 126, 193, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A67EC1; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(166, 126, 193, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A67EC1">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A67EC1">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A67EC1

#996BB8#8B56AE#7B4B9B#6A4186#5D3875#4C2E60#3C244C#2C1B37#1B1122#0B070E

Tints of #A67EC1

#AE8AC7#B898CD#BFA2D2#C6ACD7#D0BADE#D7C4E3#DECFE8#E5D9ED#EEE7F3#F6F1F8

Tones of #A67EC1

#A684BD#A589B8#A48EB4#A392AF#A397AA#A29CA5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9AC280:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.29:1 AA large only
Against black text6.38:1 AA

Best text color on #A67EC1: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A67EC1

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 #A67EC1: ·

How #A67EC1 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #9594B1Deuteranopia · #979AADTritanopia · #A4A4A1

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 #A67EC1 rather than the exact color:

Palette E5df88
#E5DF88 · #E8E8E8 · #A37EBA · #4C4C4C
Palette 756ab6
#756AB6 · #AC87C5 · #E0AED0 · #FFE5E5
Palette 3b1e54
#3B1E54 · #9B7EBD · #D4BEE4 · #EEEEEE
Palette 5b0888
#5B0888 · #713ABE · #9D76C1 · #E5CFF7
Palette 645caa
#645CAA · #A084CA · #BFACE0 · #EBC7E8
Palette Ffe6e6
#FFE6E6 · #E1AFD1 · #AD88C6 · #7469B6

Similar colors

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

#A37EBA#AC87C5#9B7EBD#9D76C1#A084CA#AD88C6#9B86BD#9E7EB5#A283CF#AF88C9#A888B5#9F86B5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A67EC0  ·  #A67EC2 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A67EC1?

#A67EC1 is Muted Purple, a purple color (RGB 166, 126, 193). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A67EC1?

#A67EC1 is RGB 166, 126, 193 — HSL 276°, 35%, 63% — CMYK 14%, 35%, 0%, 24%.

What colors go with #A67EC1?

Its complement is #9AC280; analogous partners are #8680C2 and #C280BB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A67EC1 for text?

Black text on #A67EC1 has a contrast ratio of 6.38:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.29:1.