#a498b6

Color #a498b6

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 15.59 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a498b6

RGB

rgb(164, 152, 182)

HSL

hsl(264, 17%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264, 16.5%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.9%, 16.5%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(64.74, 10.28, -13.96)

LCH

lch(64.74, 17.34, 306.37)

OKLCH

oklch(70%, 0.0452, 303.44)

HWB

hwb(264, 59.6%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aab698

Analogous

#989bb6

#a498b6

#b398b6

Triadic

#a498b6

#b6a498

#98b6a4

Split-complementary

#a498b6

#b6b398

#9bb698

Tetradic

#a498b6

#b698aa

#aab698

#98b6a4

Square

#a498b6

#b6989b

#aab698

#98b6b3

Shades

Color #a498b6 mixed toward black.

#87779f

#6c5c82

#514562

#362e41

#1b1721

Tints

Color #a498b6 mixed toward white.

#b3a9c2

#c2bace

#d2ccda

#e1dde7

#f0eef3

Tones

Color #a498b6 mixed toward gray.

#a59bb3

#a59db1

#a6a0af

#a6a2ac

#a7a5aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9faf · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#a0a1ae · ΔE 9

Tritanopia

#a3aaa9 · ΔE 17.1

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 14.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a498b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a498b6]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#a498b6 (#a498b6) is rgb(164, 152, 182) in RGB.

No, #a498b6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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