#a29ca3

Color #a29ca3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.17 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a29ca3

RGB

rgb(162, 156, 163)

HSL

hsl(291.4, 3.7%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(291.4, 4.3%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.6%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(65.04, 3.5, -2.87)

LCH

lch(65.04, 4.53, 320.65)

OKLCH

oklch(70%, 0.0122, 321.34)

HWB

hwb(291.4, 61.2%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9da39c

Analogous

#9e9ca3

#a29ca3

#a39ca0

Triadic

#a29ca3

#a3a29c

#9ca3a2

Split-complementary

#a29ca3

#a0a39c

#9ca39e

Tetradic

#a29ca3

#a39c9d

#9da39c

#9ca3a2

Square

#a29ca3

#a39e9c

#9da39c

#9ca0a3

Shades

Color #a29ca3 mixed toward black.

#888089

#6d666e

#524d53

#373337

#1b1a1c

Tints

Color #a29ca3 mixed toward white.

#b1acb2

#c1bdc2

#d0cdd1

#e0dee0

#efeef0

Tones

Color #a29ca3 mixed toward gray.

#a19ca2

#a19da2

#a19ea1

#a09ea1

#a09fa0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fa1 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#a0a0a1 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#a2a0a0 · ΔE 4.6

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 5.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a29ca3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a29ca3]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#a29ca3 (#a29ca3) is rgb(162, 156, 163) in RGB.

No, #a29ca3 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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