#a898aa

Color #a898aa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 12.58 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#a898aa

RGB

rgb(168, 152, 170)

HSL

hsl(293.3, 9.6%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(293.3, 10.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.2%, 10.6%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(64.71, 9.23, -7.24)

LCH

lch(64.71, 11.73, 321.89)

OKLCH

oklch(69.9%, 0.0317, 322.44)

HWB

hwb(293.3, 59.6%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9aaa98

Analogous

#9f98aa

#a898aa

#aa98a3

Triadic

#a898aa

#aaa898

#98aaa8

Split-complementary

#a898aa

#a3aa98

#98aa9f

Tetradic

#a898aa

#aa989a

#9aaa98

#98aaa8

Square

#a898aa

#aa9f98

#9aaa98

#98a3aa

Shades

Color #a898aa mixed toward black.

#8f7a92

#736176

#564958

#3a303b

#1d181d

Tints

Color #a898aa mixed toward white.

#b6a9b8

#c5bac6

#d3cbd4

#e2dde3

#f0eef1

Tones

Color #a898aa mixed toward gray.

#a799a8

#a69ba7

#a49ca5

#a39ea4

#a29fa2

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

#a1a1a6 · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#a2a3a5 · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#a7a3a2 · ΔE 10.9

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 11.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a898aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a898aa]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#a898aa (#a898aa) is rgb(168, 152, 170) in RGB.

No, #a898aa 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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