#a49aae

Color #a49aae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 12.51 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a49aae

RGB

rgb(164, 154, 174)

HSL

hsl(270, 11%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 11.5%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.7%, 11.5%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(65.01, 7.5, -9.07)

LCH

lch(65.01, 11.77, 309.59)

OKLCH

oklch(70.1%, 0.0308, 308.02)

HWB

hwb(270, 60.4%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4ae9a

Analogous

#9a9aae

#a49aae

#ae9aae

Triadic

#a49aae

#aea49a

#9aaea4

Split-complementary

#a49aae

#aeae9a

#9aae9a

Tetradic

#a49aae

#ae9aa4

#a4ae9a

#9aaea4

Square

#a49aae

#ae9a9a

#a4ae9a

#9aaeae

Shades

Color #a49aae mixed toward black.

#897c96

#6d6179

#52495b

#37313d

#1b181e

Tints

Color #a49aae mixed toward white.

#b3abbb

#c2bcc9

#d1ccd6

#e1dde4

#f0eef1

Tones

Color #a49aae mixed toward gray.

#a49cac

#a49dab

#a49fa9

#a4a1a7

#a4a2a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0a9 · ΔE 7

Deuteranopia

#a0a1a8 · ΔE 8.2

Tritanopia

#a4a6a5 · ΔE 12.3

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 10.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a49aae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a49aae]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#a49aae (#a49aae) is rgb(164, 154, 174) in RGB.

No, #a49aae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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