#a196b9

Color #a196b9

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 16.56 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#a196b9

RGB

rgb(161, 150, 185)

HSL

hsl(258.9, 20%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.9, 18.9%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(13%, 18.9%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(64.07, 11.04, -16.68)

LCH

lch(64.07, 20, 303.5)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.052, 299.38)

HWB

hwb(258.9, 58.8%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeb996

Analogous

#969db9

#a196b9

#b396b9

Triadic

#a196b9

#b9a196

#96b9a1

Split-complementary

#a196b9

#b9b396

#9db996

Tetradic

#a196b9

#b996ae

#aeb996

#96b9a1

Square

#a196b9

#b9969d

#aeb996

#96b9b3

Shades

Color #a196b9 mixed toward black.

#8375a3

#675986

#4e4365

#342d43

#1a1622

Tints

Color #a196b9 mixed toward white.

#b1a8c5

#c0b9d0

#d0cbdc

#e0dce8

#efeef3

Tones

Color #a196b9 mixed toward gray.

#a299b6

#a39cb3

#a49fb0

#a5a2ad

#a6a5aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9cb1 · ΔE 6.6

Deuteranopia

#9d9eaf · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#a0abaa · ΔE 19.2

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 15.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a196b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a196b9]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#a196b9 (#a196b9) is rgb(161, 150, 185) in RGB.

No, #a196b9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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