#a49aa3

Color #a49aa3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.79 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a49aa3

RGB

rgb(164, 154, 163)

HSL

hsl(306, 5.2%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(306, 6.1%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 0.6%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(64.68, 5.33, -3.38)

LCH

lch(64.68, 6.31, 327.62)

OKLCH

oklch(69.8%, 0.0173, 328.98)

HWB

hwb(306, 60.4%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9aa49b

Analogous

#a09aa4

#a49aa3

#a49a9e

Triadic

#a49aa3

#a3a49a

#9aa3a4

Split-complementary

#a49aa3

#9ea49a

#9aa4a0

Tetradic

#a49aa3

#a49b9a

#9aa49b

#9aa3a4

Square

#a49aa3

#a4a09a

#9aa49b

#9a9ea4

Shades

Color #a49aa3 mixed toward black.

#8b7e8a

#70656e

#544b53

#383237

#1c191c

Tints

Color #a49aa3 mixed toward white.

#b3abb2

#c2bcc2

#d2cdd1

#e1dde0

#f0eef0

Tones

Color #a49aa3 mixed toward gray.

#a39ba2

#a29ca2

#a29da1

#a19da0

#a09ea0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0a1 · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#a0a1a0 · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#a49f9f · ΔE 5.5

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 7.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a49aa3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a49aa3]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#a49aa3 (#a49aa3) is rgb(164, 154, 163) in RGB.

No, #a49aa3 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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