#a798ad

Color #a798ad

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 13.77 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a798ad

RGB

rgb(167, 152, 173)

HSL

hsl(282.9, 11.4%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.9, 12.1%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.5%, 12.1%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(64.72, 9.47, -8.92)

LCH

lch(64.72, 13.01, 316.71)

OKLCH

oklch(69.9%, 0.0347, 316.4)

HWB

hwb(282.9, 59.6%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ead98

Analogous

#9c98ad

#a798ad

#ad98a8

Triadic

#a798ad

#ada798

#98ada7

Split-complementary

#a798ad

#a8ad98

#98ad9c

Tetradic

#a798ad

#ad989e

#9ead98

#98ada7

Square

#a798ad

#ad9c98

#9ead98

#98a8ad

Shades

Color #a798ad mixed toward black.

#8d7a95

#726079

#55485a

#39303c

#1c181e

Tints

Color #a798ad mixed toward white.

#b6a9bb

#c4bac8

#d3cbd6

#e2dde4

#f0eef1

Tones

Color #a798ad mixed toward gray.

#a69aab

#a59ba9

#a59da8

#a49fa6

#a3a1a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1a8 · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#a2a3a7 · ΔE 11

Tritanopia

#a6a4a3 · ΔE 12.3

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 12.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a798ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a798ad]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#a798ad (#a798ad) is rgb(167, 152, 173) in RGB.

No, #a798ad 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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