#a998aa

Color #a998aa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 12.72 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a998aa

RGB

rgb(169, 152, 170)

HSL

hsl(296.7, 9.6%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(296.7, 10.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.6%, 10.6%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(64.8, 9.58, -7.1)

LCH

lch(64.8, 11.92, 323.46)

OKLCH

oklch(70%, 0.0323, 324.19)

HWB

hwb(296.7, 59.6%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99aa98

Analogous

#a098aa

#a998aa

#aa98a2

Triadic

#a998aa

#aaa998

#98aaa9

Split-complementary

#a998aa

#a2aa98

#98aaa0

Tetradic

#a998aa

#aa9899

#99aa98

#98aaa9

Square

#a998aa

#aaa098

#99aa98

#98a2aa

Shades

Color #a998aa mixed toward black.

#907a92

#746176

#574958

#3a303b

#1d181d

Tints

Color #a998aa mixed toward white.

#b7a9b8

#c6bac6

#d4cbd4

#e2dde3

#f1eef1

Tones

Color #a998aa mixed toward gray.

#a899a8

#a69ba7

#a59ca5

#a49ea4

#a29fa2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2a6 · ΔE 10.3

Deuteranopia

#a3a4a5 · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#a8a3a2 · ΔE 10.8

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 11.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a998aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a998aa]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#a998aa (#a998aa) is rgb(169, 152, 170) in RGB.

No, #a998aa 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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