#a6a1ac

Color #a6a1ac

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.78 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a6a1ac

RGB

rgb(166, 161, 172)

HSL

hsl(267.3, 6.2%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(267.3, 6.4%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.5%, 6.4%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(66.96, 3.91, -5.05)

LCH

lch(66.96, 6.39, 307.75)

OKLCH

oklch(71.7%, 0.0167, 306.46)

HWB

hwb(267.3, 63.1%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7aca1

Analogous

#a1a2ac

#a6a1ac

#aca1ac

Triadic

#a6a1ac

#aca6a1

#a1aca6

Split-complementary

#a6a1ac

#acaca1

#a2aca1

Tetradic

#a6a1ac

#aca1a7

#a7aca1

#a1aca6

Square

#a6a1ac

#aca1a2

#a7aca1

#a1acac

Shades

Color #a6a1ac mixed toward black.

#8a8492

#6e6876

#534e58

#37343b

#1c1a1d

Tints

Color #a6a1ac mixed toward white.

#b5b1ba

#c4c0c8

#d3d0d6

#e1e0e3

#f0eff1

Tones

Color #a6a1ac mixed toward gray.

#a6a2ab

#a6a3aa

#a6a4a9

#a6a5a8

#a6a6a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a4a9 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#a4a5a9 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#a6a7a7 · ΔE 7.1

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 6.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a6a1ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6a1ac]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#a6a1ac (#a6a1ac) is rgb(166, 161, 172) in RGB.

No, #a6a1ac 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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