#a396ac

Color #a396ac

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 13.81 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a396ac

RGB

rgb(163, 150, 172)

HSL

hsl(275.5, 11.7%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.5, 12.8%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.2%, 12.8%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(63.82, 8.99, -9.74)

LCH

lch(63.82, 13.25, 312.71)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.0349, 311.63)

HWB

hwb(275.5, 58.8%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fac96

Analogous

#9896ac

#a396ac

#ac96aa

Triadic

#a396ac

#aca396

#96aca3

Split-complementary

#a396ac

#aaac96

#96ac98

Tetradic

#a396ac

#ac969f

#9fac96

#96aca3

Square

#a396ac

#ac9896

#9fac96

#96aaac

Shades

Color #a396ac mixed toward black.

#897894

#6e5f78

#52475a

#372f3c

#1b181e

Tints

Color #a396ac mixed toward white.

#b2a7ba

#c2b9c8

#d1cad5

#e0dce3

#f0edf1

Tones

Color #a396ac mixed toward gray.

#a398aa

#a29aa8

#a29ba6

#a29da5

#a19fa3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9da7 · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#9e9fa6 · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#a2a3a2 · ΔE 13.2

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 12.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a396ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a396ac]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a396ac (#a396ac) is rgb(163, 150, 172) in RGB.

No, #a396ac 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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