#a6a0a9

Color #a6a0a9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.08 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a6a0a9

RGB

rgb(166, 160, 169)

HSL

hsl(280, 5%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 5.3%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.8%, 5.3%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(66.61, 3.87, -3.89)

LCH

lch(66.61, 5.49, 314.85)

OKLCH

oklch(71.4%, 0.0145, 314.72)

HWB

hwb(280, 62.7%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3a9a0

Analogous

#a1a0a9

#a6a0a9

#a9a0a7

Triadic

#a6a0a9

#a9a6a0

#a0a9a6

Split-complementary

#a6a0a9

#a7a9a0

#a0a9a1

Tetradic

#a6a0a9

#a9a0a3

#a3a9a0

#a0a9a6

Square

#a6a0a9

#a9a1a0

#a3a9a0

#a0a7a9

Shades

Color #a6a0a9 mixed toward black.

#8b838f

#6f6873

#544e56

#38343a

#1c1a1d

Tints

Color #a6a0a9 mixed toward white.

#b5b0b7

#c4c0c6

#d2cfd4

#e1dfe2

#f0eff1

Tones

Color #a6a0a9 mixed toward gray.

#a6a1a8

#a5a1a7

#a5a2a7

#a5a3a6

#a5a4a5

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

#a3a3a7 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#a4a4a6 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#a6a5a5 · ΔE 5.8

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a6a0a9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6a0a9]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#a6a0a9 (#a6a0a9) is rgb(166, 160, 169) in RGB.

No, #a6a0a9 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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