#a697ac

Color #a697ac

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 13.91 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a697ac

RGB

rgb(166, 151, 172)

HSL

hsl(282.9, 11.2%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.9, 12.2%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.5%, 12.2%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(64.34, 9.48, -8.93)

LCH

lch(64.34, 13.02, 316.71)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.0347, 316.4)

HWB

hwb(282.9, 59.2%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9dac97

Analogous

#9b97ac

#a697ac

#ac97a7

Triadic

#a697ac

#aca697

#97aca6

Split-complementary

#a697ac

#a7ac97

#97ac9b

Tetradic

#a697ac

#ac979d

#9dac97

#97aca6

Square

#a697ac

#ac9b97

#9dac97

#97a7ac

Shades

Color #a697ac mixed toward black.

#8c7994

#716078

#55485a

#38303c

#1c181e

Tints

Color #a697ac mixed toward white.

#b5a8ba

#c4bac8

#d2cbd5

#e1dce3

#f0eef1

Tones

Color #a697ac mixed toward gray.

#a599aa

#a49aa8

#a49ca7

#a39ea5

#a2a0a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0a7 · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#a1a2a6 · ΔE 11

Tritanopia

#a5a3a2 · ΔE 12.3

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 12.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a697ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a697ac]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#a697ac (#a697ac) is rgb(166, 151, 172) in RGB.

No, #a697ac 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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