#aa9aa6

Color #aa9aa6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.88 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#aa9aa6

RGB

rgb(170, 154, 166)

HSL

hsl(315, 8.6%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(315, 9.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 2.4%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(65.29, 8.06, -4.12)

LCH

lch(65.29, 9.05, 332.93)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.0252, 334.35)

HWB

hwb(315, 60.4%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9aaa9e

Analogous

#a69aaa

#aa9aa6

#aa9a9e

Triadic

#aa9aa6

#a6aa9a

#9aa6aa

Split-complementary

#aa9aa6

#9eaa9a

#9aaaa6

Tetradic

#aa9aa6

#aa9e9a

#9aaa9e

#9aa6aa

Square

#aa9aa6

#aaa69a

#9aaa9e

#9a9eaa

Shades

Color #aa9aa6 mixed toward black.

#917d8c

#756371

#584a54

#3b3138

#1d191c

Tints

Color #aa9aa6 mixed toward white.

#b8abb5

#c6bcc4

#d4ccd2

#e3dde1

#f1eef0

Tones

Color #aa9aa6 mixed toward gray.

#a99ba5

#a79da5

#a69ea4

#a59fa3

#a3a1a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#a4a5a3 · ΔE 11.8

Tritanopia

#a9a1a0 · ΔE 7.6

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 9.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa9aa6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa9aa6]

Related colors

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Deep Pink #ff1493

Orchid #da70d6

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#aa9aa6 (#aa9aa6) is rgb(170, 154, 166) in RGB.

No, #aa9aa6 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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