#a596b0

Color #a596b0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 15.16 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a596b0

RGB

rgb(165, 150, 176)

HSL

hsl(274.6, 14.1%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.6, 14.8%, 69%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.2%, 14.8%, 0%, 31%)

LAB

lab(64.12, 10.5, -11.52)

LCH

lch(64.12, 15.59, 312.35)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.041, 310.95)

HWB

hwb(274.6, 58.8%, 31%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a1b096

Analogous

#9896b0

#a596b0

#b096ae

Triadic

#a596b0

#b0a596

#96b0a5

Split-complementary

#a596b0

#aeb096

#96b098

Tetradic

#a596b0

#b096a1

#a1b096

#96b0a5

Square

#a596b0

#b09896

#a1b096

#96aeb0

Shades

Color #a596b0 mixed toward black.

#8a7799

#6f5d7c

#53465d

#372f3e

#1c171f

Tints

Color #a596b0 mixed toward white.

#b4a7bd

#c3b9ca

#d2cad7

#e1dce5

#f0edf2

Tones

Color #a596b0 mixed toward gray.

#a598ae

#a49aac

#a49ca9

#a49fa7

#a3a1a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9faa · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#a0a1a9 · ΔE 10.7

Tritanopia

#a4a5a4 · ΔE 14.6

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 13.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a596b0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a596b0]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a596b0 (#a596b0) is rgb(165, 150, 176) in RGB.

No, #a596b0 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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