#a69bb0

Color #a69bb0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 12.95 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a69bb0

RGB

rgb(166, 155, 176)

HSL

hsl(271.4, 11.7%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(271.4, 11.9%, 69%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.7%, 11.9%, 0%, 31%)

LAB

lab(65.5, 8.04, -9.44)

LCH

lch(65.5, 12.4, 310.42)

OKLCH

oklch(70.6%, 0.0326, 309.02)

HWB

hwb(271.4, 60.8%, 31%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5b09b

Analogous

#9c9bb0

#a69bb0

#b09baf

Triadic

#a69bb0

#b0a69b

#9bb0a6

Split-complementary

#a69bb0

#afb09b

#9bb09c

Tetradic

#a69bb0

#b09ba5

#a5b09b

#9bb0a6

Square

#a69bb0

#b09c9b

#a5b09b

#9bafb0

Shades

Color #a69bb0 mixed toward black.

#8b7c98

#6f617b

#53495c

#37313e

#1c181f

Tints

Color #a69bb0 mixed toward white.

#b5acbd

#c4bcca

#d2cdd7

#e1dee5

#f0eef2

Tones

Color #a69bb0 mixed toward gray.

#a69dae

#a69fac

#a6a0ab

#a6a2a9

#a6a4a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1ab · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#a2a3aa · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#a5a7a6 · ΔE 12.8

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 11.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a69bb0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a69bb0]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#a69bb0 (#a69bb0) is rgb(166, 155, 176) in RGB.

No, #a69bb0 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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