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#A67EE0 — Light Purple

#A67EE0 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 #A67EE0 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.

#A67EE0 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 #BAE080; it also sits naturally between #8089E0 and #D780E0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A67EE0 · RGB 166, 126, 224

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Color values

HEX#A67EE0
RGB166, 126, 224
HSL264°, 61%, 69%
HSV264°, 44%, 88%
CMYK26%, 44%, 0%, 12%
XYZ36.64, 28.41, 74.07
Yxy28.41, 0.2634, 0.2042
CIE-Lab60.26, 35.20, -44.42
Hunter Lab53.30, 32.79, -49.83

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 65% · Green 49% · Blue 88%

Cyan 26% · Magenta 44% · Yellow 0% · Key 12%

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

Previews

Sample text in #A67EE0 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A67EE0 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A67EE0

.text { color: #A67EE0; }
.background { background-color: #A67EE0; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A67EE0; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(166, 126, 224); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(264, 61%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A67EE0; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(166, 126, 224, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A67EE0; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(166, 126, 224, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A67EE0">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A67EE0">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A67EE0

#9567DA#814AD3#7032CD#602BB1#532598#431E7B#361863#261146#190B2D#090410

Tints of #A67EE0

#AF8CE3#B594E5#BDA1E8#C6ADEB#CEB9EE#D4C1F0#DDCEF3#E5DAF6#EBE2F8#F4EFFB

Tones of #A67EE0

#A887D9#A98DD3#AA94CC#AC9BC5#ADA3BD#AFA9B7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BAE080:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.14:1 AA large only
Against black text6.68:1 AA

Best text color on #A67EE0: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A67EE0

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 #A67EE0: ·

How #A67EE0 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #9594C8Deuteranopia · #979AC3Tritanopia · #A4B6B1

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 #A67EE0 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffe6e6
#FFE6E6 · #FFABE1 · #A685E2 · #6155A6
Radiant Ruby Whisper
#DCCEF3 · #A078DE · #501D9F · #231042
Palette 645cbb
#645CBB · #A084DC · #BFACE2 · #EBC7E6
Vivid Saffron
#415CCB · #9E7AD8 · #C247C6 · #A83C6D
Dusty Ember
#E3D5F1 · #A87ED3 · #844BBE · #542E7B
Palette 9112bc
#9112BC · #AE75DA · #E9E294 · #FFFCB8

Similar colors

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

#A685E2#A078DE#A084DC#9E7AD8#A87ED3#AE75DA#AE83EA#AC71DD#A074D7#A38DDE#9B8ADF#A472D5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A67EDF  ·  #A67EE1 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A67EE0?

#A67EE0 is Light Purple, a purple color (RGB 166, 126, 224). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A67EE0?

#A67EE0 is RGB 166, 126, 224 — HSL 264°, 61%, 69% — CMYK 26%, 44%, 0%, 12%.

What colors go with #A67EE0?

Its complement is #BAE080; analogous partners are #8089E0 and #D780E0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A67EE0 for text?

Black text on #A67EE0 has a contrast ratio of 6.68:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.14:1.