#a696a5

Color #a696a5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.68 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a696a5

RGB

rgb(166, 150, 165)

HSL

hsl(303.8, 8.2%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(303.8, 9.6%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 0.6%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(63.87, 8.67, -5.69)

LCH

lch(63.87, 10.37, 326.72)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.0284, 327.82)

HWB

hwb(303.8, 58.8%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96a697

Analogous

#9f96a6

#a696a5

#a6969d

Triadic

#a696a5

#a5a696

#96a5a6

Split-complementary

#a696a5

#9da696

#96a69f

Tetradic

#a696a5

#a69796

#96a697

#96a5a6

Square

#a696a5

#a69f96

#96a697

#969da6

Shades

Color #a696a5 mixed toward black.

#8e7a8d

#726171

#564955

#393038

#1d181c

Tints

Color #a696a5 mixed toward white.

#b5a8b4

#c4b9c3

#d3cbd2

#e1dce1

#f0eef0

Tones

Color #a696a5 mixed toward gray.

#a597a4

#a399a3

#a29aa2

#a19ba0

#9f9d9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fa2 · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#a0a1a1 · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#a59f9e · ΔE 9.3

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 10.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a696a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a696a5]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#a696a5 (#a696a5) is rgb(166, 150, 165) in RGB.

No, #a696a5 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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