#a69fb2

Color #a69fb2

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.18 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a69fb2

RGB

rgb(166, 159, 178)

HSL

hsl(262.1, 11%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.1, 10.7%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.7%, 10.7%, 0%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(66.61, 6.22, -8.91)

LCH

lch(66.61, 10.87, 304.92)

OKLCH

oklch(71.5%, 0.0283, 302.46)

HWB

hwb(262.1, 62.4%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#abb29f

Analogous

#9fa2b2

#a69fb2

#b09fb2

Triadic

#a69fb2

#b2a69f

#9fb2a6

Split-complementary

#a69fb2

#b2b09f

#a2b29f

Tetradic

#a69fb2

#b29fab

#abb29f

#9fb2a6

Square

#a69fb2

#b29fa2

#abb29f

#9fb2b0

Shades

Color #a69fb2 mixed toward black.

#898099

#6d647d

#524b5e

#37323e

#1b191f

Tints

Color #a69fb2 mixed toward white.

#b5afbf

#c4bfcc

#d3cfd9

#e1dfe5

#f0eff2

Tones

Color #a69fb2 mixed toward gray.

#a6a1b0

#a7a2af

#a7a4ad

#a8a5ac

#a8a7aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3ae · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#a3a4ad · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#a6aaa9 · ΔE 12

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 10

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a69fb2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a69fb2]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#a69fb2 (#a69fb2) is rgb(166, 159, 178) in RGB.

No, #a69fb2 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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