#a29fa3

Color #a29fa3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.22 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#a29fa3

RGB

rgb(162, 159, 163)

HSL

hsl(285, 2.1%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285, 2.5%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.6%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(65.84, 1.84, -1.69)

LCH

lch(65.84, 2.5, 317.43)

OKLCH

oklch(70.6%, 0.0067, 317.44)

HWB

hwb(285, 62.4%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a0a39f

Analogous

#a09fa3

#a29fa3

#a39fa2

Triadic

#a29fa3

#a3a29f

#9fa3a2

Split-complementary

#a29fa3

#a2a39f

#9fa3a0

Tetradic

#a29fa3

#a39fa0

#a0a39f

#9fa3a2

Square

#a29fa3

#a3a09f

#a0a39f

#9fa2a3

Shades

Color #a29fa3 mixed toward black.

#878489

#6c696e

#514f52

#363537

#1b1a1b

Tints

Color #a29fa3 mixed toward white.

#b1afb2

#c1bfc2

#d0cfd1

#e0dfe0

#efeff0

Tones

Color #a29fa3 mixed toward gray.

#a29fa3

#a2a0a2

#a1a0a2

#a1a1a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1a2 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#a1a1a2 · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#a2a1a1 · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a29fa3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a29fa3]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#a29fa3 (#a29fa3) is rgb(162, 159, 163) in RGB.

No, #a29fa3 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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