#aaa1bc

Color #aaa1bc

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 13.62 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa1bc

RGB

rgb(170, 161, 188)

HSL

hsl(260, 16.8%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 14.4%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.6%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(67.77, 8.53, -12.7)

LCH

lch(67.77, 15.3, 303.89)

OKLCH

oklch(72.5%, 0.0399, 300.62)

HWB

hwb(260, 63.1%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3bca1

Analogous

#a1a5bc

#aaa1bc

#b7a1bc

Triadic

#aaa1bc

#bcaaa1

#a1bcaa

Split-complementary

#aaa1bc

#bcb7a1

#a5bca1

Tetradic

#aaa1bc

#bca1b3

#b3bca1

#a1bcaa

Square

#aaa1bc

#bca1a5

#b3bca1

#a1bcb7

Shades

Color #aaa1bc mixed toward black.

#8b7fa4

#6e6188

#524966

#373044

#1b1822

Tints

Color #aaa1bc mixed toward white.

#b8b1c7

#c6c0d2

#d4d0dd

#e3e0e9

#f1eff4

Tones

Color #aaa1bc mixed toward gray.

#aba3ba

#aba5b7

#aca8b5

#adaab3

#aeacb1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a6b6 · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#a7a7b4 · ΔE 7.1

Tritanopia

#aab1b0 · ΔE 15.7

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 12.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa1bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa1bc]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#aaa1bc (#aaa1bc) is rgb(170, 161, 188) in RGB.

No, #aaa1bc 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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