#a597af

Color #a597af

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 14.66 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a597af

RGB

rgb(165, 151, 175)

HSL

hsl(275, 13%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275, 13.7%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.7%, 13.7%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(64.35, 9.73, -10.62)

LCH

lch(64.35, 14.4, 312.5)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.0379, 311.26)

HWB

hwb(275, 59.2%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a1af97

Analogous

#9997af

#a597af

#af97ad

Triadic

#a597af

#afa597

#97afa5

Split-complementary

#a597af

#adaf97

#97af99

Tetradic

#a597af

#af97a1

#a1af97

#97afa5

Square

#a597af

#af9997

#a1af97

#97adaf

Shades

Color #a597af mixed toward black.

#8a7897

#6f5f7b

#53475c

#372f3d

#1c181f

Tints

Color #a597af mixed toward white.

#b4a8bc

#c3baca

#d2cbd7

#e1dce4

#f0eef2

Tones

Color #a597af mixed toward gray.

#a599ad

#a49bab

#a49da9

#a49fa7

#a3a1a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9faa · ΔE 8.4

Deuteranopia

#a0a1a8 · ΔE 10.3

Tritanopia

#a4a5a4 · ΔE 13.9

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 12.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a597af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a597af]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a597af (#a597af) is rgb(165, 151, 175) in RGB.

No, #a597af 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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