#aa9ab5

Color #aa9ab5

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 14.75 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#aa9ab5

RGB

rgb(170, 154, 181)

HSL

hsl(275.6, 15.4%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.6, 14.9%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.1%, 14.9%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(65.74, 10.99, -11.85)

LCH

lch(65.74, 16.16, 312.84)

OKLCH

oklch(70.9%, 0.0426, 311.58)

HWB

hwb(275.6, 60.4%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5b59a

Analogous

#9d9ab5

#aa9ab5

#b59ab2

Triadic

#aa9ab5

#b5aa9a

#9ab5aa

Split-complementary

#aa9ab5

#b2b59a

#9ab59d

Tetradic

#aa9ab5

#b59aa5

#a5b59a

#9ab5aa

Square

#aa9ab5

#b59d9a

#a5b59a

#9ab2b5

Shades

Color #aa9ab5 mixed toward black.

#8f7a9d

#735e81

#564761

#392f40

#1d1820

Tints

Color #aa9ab5 mixed toward white.

#b8abc1

#c6bcce

#d5cdda

#e3dde6

#f1eef3

Tones

Color #aa9ab5 mixed toward gray.

#aa9cb3

#a99fb1

#a9a1ae

#a8a3ac

#a8a5aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

8:1

Black text reads better on this background (8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3af · ΔE 9.2

Deuteranopia

#a4a5ad · ΔE 11.1

Tritanopia

#a9aaa9 · ΔE 15

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 13.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa9ab5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa9ab5]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#aa9ab5 (#aa9ab5) is rgb(170, 154, 181) in RGB.

No, #aa9ab5 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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