#a69fa9

Color #a69fa9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.81 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 1.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a69fa9

RGB

rgb(166, 159, 169)

HSL

hsl(282, 5.5%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282, 5.9%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.8%, 5.9%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(66.34, 4.43, -4.28)

LCH

lch(66.34, 6.16, 315.99)

OKLCH

oklch(71.2%, 0.0163, 315.74)

HWB

hwb(282, 62.4%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2a99f

Analogous

#a19fa9

#a69fa9

#a99fa7

Triadic

#a69fa9

#a9a69f

#9fa9a6

Split-complementary

#a69fa9

#a7a99f

#9fa9a1

Tetradic

#a69fa9

#a99fa2

#a2a99f

#9fa9a6

Square

#a69fa9

#a9a19f

#a2a99f

#9fa7a9

Shades

Color #a69fa9 mixed toward black.

#8b828f

#706773

#544d56

#38343a

#1c1a1d

Tints

Color #a69fa9 mixed toward white.

#b5afb7

#c4bfc6

#d2cfd4

#e1dfe2

#f0eff1

Tones

Color #a69fa9 mixed toward gray.

#a6a0a8

#a5a1a7

#a5a1a6

#a5a2a6

#a4a3a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3a7 · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#a3a4a6 · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#a6a5a4 · ΔE 7

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 6.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a69fa9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a69fa9]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#a69fa9 (#a69fa9) is rgb(166, 159, 169) in RGB.

No, #a69fa9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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