#a7a0b9

Color #a7a0b9

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 14.24 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a7a0b9

RGB

rgb(167, 160, 185)

HSL

hsl(256.8, 15.2%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.8, 13.5%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.7%, 13.5%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(67.17, 7.44, -11.96)

LCH

lch(67.17, 14.09, 301.88)

OKLCH

oklch(72%, 0.0366, 298.17)

HWB

hwb(256.8, 62.7%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b2b9a0

Analogous

#a0a5b9

#a7a0b9

#b3a0b9

Triadic

#a7a0b9

#b9a7a0

#a0b9a7

Split-complementary

#a7a0b9

#b9b3a0

#a5b9a0

Tetradic

#a7a0b9

#b9a0b2

#b2b9a0

#a0b9a7

Square

#a7a0b9

#b9a0a5

#b2b9a0

#a0b9b3

Shades

Color #a7a0b9 mixed toward black.

#887fa1

#6b6184

#504963

#363142

#1b1821

Tints

Color #a7a0b9 mixed toward white.

#b6b0c5

#c4c0d0

#d3cfdc

#e2dfe8

#f0eff3

Tones

Color #a7a0b9 mixed toward gray.

#a8a2b7

#a9a4b5

#aaa6b3

#aba8b1

#abaaae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a4b3 · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#a4a5b2 · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#a7afae · ΔE 15.1

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 11.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a7a0b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a7a0b9]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#a7a0b9 (#a7a0b9) is rgb(167, 160, 185) in RGB.

No, #a7a0b9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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