#a4969c

Color #a4969c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light pink.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.63 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a4969c

RGB

rgb(164, 150, 156)

HSL

hsl(334.3, 7.1%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(334.3, 8.5%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 4.9%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(63.43, 6.25, -1.28)

LCH

lch(63.43, 6.38, 348.43)

OKLCH

oklch(68.7%, 0.0185, 349.72)

HWB

hwb(334.3, 58.8%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96a49e

Analogous

#a496a3

#a4969c

#a49796

Triadic

#a4969c

#9ca496

#969ca4

Split-complementary

#a4969c

#96a497

#96a3a4

Tetradic

#a4969c

#a49e96

#96a49e

#969ca4

Square

#a4969c

#a3a496

#96a49e

#9796a4

Shades

Color #a4969c mixed toward black.

#8c7a82

#706168

#54494e

#383134

#1c181a

Tints

Color #a4969c mixed toward white.

#b3a8ad

#c2b9bd

#d2cbce

#e1dcde

#f0eeef

Tones

Color #a4969c mixed toward gray.

#a3979c

#a2989c

#a19a9d

#9f9b9d

#9e9c9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9e9b · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#9fa09a · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#a39999 · ΔE 3.7

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 7.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a4969c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a4969c]

Related colors

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Deep Pink #ff1493

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Crimson #dc143c

Frequently asked questions

#a4969c (#a4969c) is rgb(164, 150, 156) in RGB.

No, #a4969c 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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