#a699a0

Color #a699a0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.91 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a699a0

RGB

rgb(166, 153, 160)

HSL

hsl(327.7, 6.8%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(327.7, 7.8%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 3.6%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(64.51, 6.04, -1.93)

LCH

lch(64.51, 6.34, 342.28)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.0181, 343.66)

HWB

hwb(327.7, 60%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99a69f

Analogous

#a599a6

#a699a0

#a69999

Triadic

#a699a0

#a0a699

#99a0a6

Split-complementary

#a699a0

#99a699

#99a6a5

Tetradic

#a699a0

#a69f99

#99a69f

#99a0a6

Square

#a699a0

#a6a599

#99a69f

#9999a6

Shades

Color #a699a0 mixed toward black.

#8d7d85

#71636b

#554a50

#393235

#1c191b

Tints

Color #a699a0 mixed toward white.

#b5aab0

#c4bbc0

#d2cccf

#e1dddf

#f0eeef

Tones

Color #a699a0 mixed toward gray.

#a59aa0

#a49ba0

#a39ca0

#a29da0

#a09e9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a09e · ΔE 8.3

Deuteranopia

#a1a29e · ΔE 10.3

Tritanopia

#a59d9d · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 7.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a699a0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a699a0]

Related colors

Deep Pink #ff1493

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Crimson #dc143c

Frequently asked questions

#a699a0 (#a699a0) is rgb(166, 153, 160) in RGB.

No, #a699a0 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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