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#A67EC5 — Muted Purple

#A67EC5 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 #A67EC5 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.

#A67EC5 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 #9CC57D; it also sits naturally between #827DC5 and #C57DC0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A67EC5 · RGB 166, 126, 197

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Color values

HEX#A67EC5
RGB166, 126, 197
HSL274°, 38%, 63%
HSV274°, 36%, 77%
CMYK16%, 36%, 0%, 23%
XYZ33.26, 27.06, 56.29
Yxy27.06, 0.2852, 0.2320
CIE-Lab59.03, 28.95, -31.16
Hunter Lab52.02, 26.30, -31.76

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 65% · Green 49% · Blue 77%

Cyan 16% · Magenta 36% · Yellow 0% · Key 23%

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

Previews

Sample text in #A67EC5 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A67EC5 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A67EC5

.text { color: #A67EC5; }
.background { background-color: #A67EC5; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A67EC5; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(166, 126, 197); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(274, 38%, 63%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A67EC5; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(166, 126, 197, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A67EC5; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(166, 126, 197, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A67EC5">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A67EC5">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A67EC5

#9768BB#8853B2#79479E#683E89#5B3678#4B2C63#3B234D#2B1938#1B1023#0B060E

Tints of #A67EC5

#AD87C9#B695D0#BEA0D4#C5ABD9#CFB9DF#D6C3E4#DDCEE9#E4D8EE#EEE6F4#F5F1F9

Tones of #A67EC5

#A582C0#A487BA#A38CB5#A392B0#A296AB#A19CA5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9CC57D:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.28:1 AA large only
Against black text6.41:1 AA

Best text color on #A67EC5: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A67EC5

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 #A67EC5: ·

How #A67EC5 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #9594B4Deuteranopia · #979AB0Tritanopia · #A4A6A3

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 #A67EC5 rather than the exact color:

Palette 645caa
#645CAA · #A084CA · #BFACE0 · #EBC7E8
Palette 756ab6
#756AB6 · #AC87C5 · #E0AED0 · #FFE5E5
Palette E5df88
#E5DF88 · #E8E8E8 · #A37EBA · #4C4C4C
Crystal Zephyr
#303FB4 · #A283CF · #D684DC · #DC8BB7
Palette Ffe6e6
#FFE6E6 · #E1AFD1 · #AD88C6 · #7469B6
Palette 7469b6
#7469B6 · #AD88C6 · #E1AFD1 · #FFE6E6

Similar colors

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

#A084CA#AC87C5#A37EBA#A283CF#AD88C6#9D76C1#9B7EBD#A986D0#AF88C9#9A80CC#A87ED3#9B86BD

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A67EC4  ·  #A67EC6 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A67EC5?

#A67EC5 is Muted Purple, a purple color (RGB 166, 126, 197). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A67EC5?

#A67EC5 is RGB 166, 126, 197 — HSL 274°, 38%, 63% — CMYK 16%, 36%, 0%, 23%.

What colors go with #A67EC5?

Its complement is #9CC57D; analogous partners are #827DC5 and #C57DC0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A67EC5 for text?

Black text on #A67EC5 has a contrast ratio of 6.41:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.28:1.