#a79ba3

Color #a79ba3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.57 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a79ba3

RGB

rgb(167, 155, 163)

HSL

hsl(320, 6.4%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(320, 7.2%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 2.4%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(65.2, 5.86, -2.59)

LCH

lch(65.2, 6.41, 336.16)

OKLCH

oklch(70.2%, 0.0179, 337.72)

HWB

hwb(320, 60.8%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ba79f

Analogous

#a59ba7

#a79ba3

#a79b9d

Triadic

#a79ba3

#a3a79b

#9ba3a7

Split-complementary

#a79ba3

#9da79b

#9ba7a5

Tetradic

#a79ba3

#a79f9b

#9ba79f

#9ba3a7

Square

#a79ba3

#a7a59b

#9ba79f

#9b9da7

Shades

Color #a79ba3 mixed toward black.

#8e7e89

#72646e

#564b52

#393237

#1d191b

Tints

Color #a79ba3 mixed toward white.

#b6acb2

#c4bcc2

#d3cdd1

#e2dee0

#f0eef0

Tones

Color #a79ba3 mixed toward gray.

#a69ca3

#a59da2

#a49ea2

#a39fa2

#a2a0a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.86:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2a1 · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#a3a4a1 · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#a6a09f · ΔE 5.8

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 7.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a79ba3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a79ba3]

Related colors

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Deep Pink #ff1493

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#a79ba3 (#a79ba3) is rgb(167, 155, 163) in RGB.

No, #a79ba3 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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