#aa9ba7

Color #aa9ba7

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.52 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#aa9ba7

RGB

rgb(170, 155, 167)

HSL

hsl(312, 8.1%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(312, 8.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 1.8%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(65.58, 7.69, -4.25)

LCH

lch(65.58, 8.79, 331.07)

OKLCH

oklch(70.6%, 0.0243, 332.59)

HWB

hwb(312, 60.8%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9baa9e

Analogous

#a59baa

#aa9ba7

#aa9b9f

Triadic

#aa9ba7

#a7aa9b

#9ba7aa

Split-complementary

#aa9ba7

#9faa9b

#9baaa5

Tetradic

#aa9ba7

#aa9e9b

#9baa9e

#9ba7aa

Square

#aa9ba7

#aaa59b

#9baa9e

#9b9faa

Shades

Color #aa9ba7 mixed toward black.

#917e8d

#756472

#584b55

#3b3239

#1d191c

Tints

Color #aa9ba7 mixed toward white.

#b8acb6

#c6bcc4

#d4cdd3

#e3dee2

#f1eef0

Tones

Color #aa9ba7 mixed toward gray.

#a99ca6

#a79da5

#a69fa5

#a5a0a4

#a4a1a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#a5a6a4 · ΔE 11.5

Tritanopia

#a9a2a1 · ΔE 7.7

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 9.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa9ba7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa9ba7]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Frequently asked questions

#aa9ba7 (#aa9ba7) is rgb(170, 155, 167) in RGB.

No, #aa9ba7 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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