#a697ae

Color #a697ae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 14.84 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a697ae

RGB

rgb(166, 151, 174)

HSL

hsl(279.1, 12.4%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.1, 13.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(64.4, 9.88, -9.97)

LCH

lch(64.4, 14.04, 314.74)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.0371, 314.02)

HWB

hwb(279.1, 59.2%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fae97

Analogous

#9a97ae

#a697ae

#ae97aa

Triadic

#a697ae

#aea697

#97aea6

Split-complementary

#a697ae

#aaae97

#97ae9a

Tetradic

#a697ae

#ae979f

#9fae97

#97aea6

Square

#a697ae

#ae9a97

#9fae97

#97aaae

Shades

Color #a697ae mixed toward black.

#8c7996

#705f7a

#54475b

#382f3d

#1c181e

Tints

Color #a697ae mixed toward white.

#b5a8bb

#c4bac9

#d2cbd6

#e1dce4

#f0eef1

Tones

Color #a697ae mixed toward gray.

#a599ac

#a59baa

#a49da8

#a49fa6

#a3a1a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0a9 · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#a1a2a8 · ΔE 10.7

Tritanopia

#a5a5a4 · ΔE 13.7

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 12.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a697ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a697ae]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#a697ae (#a697ae) is rgb(166, 151, 174) in RGB.

No, #a697ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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