#a098aa

Color #a098aa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.74 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a098aa

RGB

rgb(160, 152, 170)

HSL

hsl(266.7, 9.6%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(266.7, 10.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(64.02, 6.41, -8.33)

LCH

lch(64.02, 10.51, 307.58)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.0274, 305.66)

HWB

hwb(266.7, 59.6%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2aa98

Analogous

#9899aa

#a098aa

#a998aa

Triadic

#a098aa

#aaa098

#98aaa0

Split-complementary

#a098aa

#aaa998

#99aa98

Tetradic

#a098aa

#aa98a2

#a2aa98

#98aaa0

Square

#a098aa

#aa9899

#a2aa98

#98aaa9

Shades

Color #a098aa mixed toward black.

#857a92

#6a6176

#504958

#35303b

#1b181d

Tints

Color #a098aa mixed toward white.

#b0a9b8

#c0bac6

#cfcbd4

#dfdde3

#efeef1

Tones

Color #a098aa mixed toward gray.

#a099a8

#a09ba7

#a09ca5

#a19ea4

#a19fa2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9da6 · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#9d9ea5 · ΔE 7.1

Tritanopia

#a0a3a2 · ΔE 11.6

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 9.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a098aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a098aa]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#a098aa (#a098aa) is rgb(160, 152, 170) in RGB.

No, #a098aa is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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