#a49ea9

Color #a49ea9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.32 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a49ea9

RGB

rgb(164, 158, 169)

HSL

hsl(272.7, 6%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(272.7, 6.5%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(3%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(65.91, 4.27, -4.93)

LCH

lch(65.91, 6.52, 310.9)

OKLCH

oklch(70.8%, 0.0171, 310.02)

HWB

hwb(272.7, 62%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3a99e

Analogous

#9e9ea9

#a49ea9

#a99ea8

Triadic

#a49ea9

#a9a49e

#9ea9a4

Split-complementary

#a49ea9

#a8a99e

#9ea99e

Tetradic

#a49ea9

#a99ea3

#a3a99e

#9ea9a4

Square

#a49ea9

#a99e9e

#a3a99e

#9ea8a9

Shades

Color #a49ea9 mixed toward black.

#89818f

#6e6674

#524d57

#37333a

#1b1a1d

Tints

Color #a49ea9 mixed toward white.

#b3aeb7

#c2bec6

#d1ced4

#e1dfe2

#f0eff1

Tones

Color #a49ea9 mixed toward gray.

#a49fa8

#a4a0a7

#a4a1a6

#a4a2a5

#a4a3a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1a6 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#a2a2a6 · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 6.9

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 6.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a49ea9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a49ea9]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#a49ea9 (#a49ea9) is rgb(164, 158, 169) in RGB.

No, #a49ea9 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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