#a09aa6

Color #a09aa6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.56 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a09aa6

RGB

rgb(160, 154, 166)

HSL

hsl(270, 6.3%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 7.2%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.6%, 7.2%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(64.43, 4.49, -5.47)

LCH

lch(64.43, 7.08, 309.38)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.0186, 308.23)

HWB

hwb(270, 60.4%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a0a69a

Analogous

#9a9aa6

#a09aa6

#a69aa6

Triadic

#a09aa6

#a6a09a

#9aa6a0

Split-complementary

#a09aa6

#a6a69a

#9aa69a

Tetradic

#a09aa6

#a69aa0

#a0a69a

#9aa6a0

Square

#a09aa6

#a69a9a

#a0a69a

#9aa6a6

Shades

Color #a09aa6 mixed toward black.

#857e8d

#6b6471

#504b55

#353239

#1b191c

Tints

Color #a09aa6 mixed toward white.

#b0abb5

#c0bcc4

#cfccd2

#dfdde1

#efeef0

Tones

Color #a09aa6 mixed toward gray.

#a09ba5

#a09ca4

#a09da3

#a09ea2

#a09fa1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9da3 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#9e9ea3 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#a0a1a0 · ΔE 8.2

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 7.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a09aa6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a09aa6]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#a09aa6 (#a09aa6) is rgb(160, 154, 166) in RGB.

No, #a09aa6 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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