#a09baa

Color #a09baa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.65 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a09baa

RGB

rgb(160, 155, 170)

HSL

hsl(260, 8.1%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 8.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.9%, 8.8%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(64.82, 4.74, -7.15)

LCH

lch(64.82, 8.58, 303.54)

OKLCH

oklch(69.9%, 0.0223, 301.05)

HWB

hwb(260, 60.8%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5aa9b

Analogous

#9b9daa

#a09baa

#a79baa

Triadic

#a09baa

#aaa09b

#9baaa0

Split-complementary

#a09baa

#aaa79b

#9daa9b

Tetradic

#a09baa

#aa9ba5

#a5aa9b

#9baaa0

Square

#a09baa

#aa9b9d

#a5aa9b

#9baaa7

Shades

Color #a09baa mixed toward black.

#847e91

#696475

#4f4b58

#35323b

#1a191d

Tints

Color #a09baa mixed toward white.

#b0acb8

#c0bcc6

#cfcdd4

#dfdee3

#efeef1

Tones

Color #a09baa mixed toward gray.

#a09ca9

#a19da7

#a19fa6

#a2a0a5

#a2a1a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9ea7 · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#9e9fa6 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#a0a4a3 · ΔE 10.2

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 8.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a09baa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a09baa]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#a09baa (#a09baa) is rgb(160, 155, 170) in RGB.

No, #a09baa 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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