#a090ac

Color #a090ac

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 14.95 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a090ac

RGB

rgb(160, 144, 172)

HSL

hsl(274.3, 14.4%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.3, 16.3%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(7%, 16.3%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(62, 11.34, -12.49)

LCH

lch(62, 16.87, 312.24)

OKLCH

oklch(67.7%, 0.0445, 310.71)

HWB

hwb(274.3, 56.5%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9cac90

Analogous

#9290ac

#a090ac

#ac90aa

Triadic

#a090ac

#aca090

#90aca0

Split-complementary

#a090ac

#aaac90

#90ac92

Tetradic

#a090ac

#ac909c

#9cac90

#90aca0

Square

#a090ac

#ac9290

#9cac90

#90aaac

Shades

Color #a090ac mixed toward black.

#867295

#6c5a79

#51445a

#362d3c

#1b171e

Tints

Color #a090ac mixed toward white.

#b0a3ba

#c0b5c8

#d0c8d6

#dfdae3

#efedf1

Tones

Color #a090ac mixed toward gray.

#a092aa

#9f95a7

#9f97a5

#9f99a3

#9e9ca0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999a6 · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#9a9ba4 · ΔE 11

Tritanopia

#9fa19f · ΔE 16.2

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 14.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a090ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a090ac]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a090ac (#a090ac) is rgb(160, 144, 172) in RGB.

No, #a090ac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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