#a897a3

Color #a897a3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.6 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a897a3

RGB

rgb(168, 151, 163)

HSL

hsl(317.6, 8.9%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(317.6, 10.1%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 3%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(64.24, 8.45, -3.99)

LCH

lch(64.24, 9.34, 334.72)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.0262, 336.37)

HWB

hwb(317.6, 59.2%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97a89c

Analogous

#a497a8

#a897a3

#a8979a

Triadic

#a897a3

#a3a897

#97a3a8

Split-complementary

#a897a3

#9aa897

#97a8a4

Tetradic

#a897a3

#a89c97

#97a89c

#97a3a8

Square

#a897a3

#a8a497

#97a89c

#979aa8

Shades

Color #a897a3 mixed toward black.

#907a89

#74616e

#574953

#3a3037

#1d181c

Tints

Color #a897a3 mixed toward white.

#b6a8b2

#c5bac2

#d3cbd1

#e2dce0

#f0eef0

Tones

Color #a897a3 mixed toward gray.

#a698a2

#a59aa2

#a49ba1

#a29da1

#a19ea0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1a0 · ΔE 10.9

Deuteranopia

#a2a3a0 · ΔE 12.7

Tritanopia

#a79e9d · ΔE 7.5

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 10.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a897a3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a897a3]

Related colors

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Deep Pink #ff1493

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#a897a3 (#a897a3) is rgb(168, 151, 163) in RGB.

No, #a897a3 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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