#aaa3ab

Color #aaa3ab

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.36 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa3ab

RGB

rgb(170, 163, 171)

HSL

hsl(292.5, 4.5%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(292.5, 4.7%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.6%, 4.7%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(67.78, 4.02, -3.23)

LCH

lch(67.78, 5.16, 321.22)

OKLCH

oklch(72.4%, 0.0139, 321.73)

HWB

hwb(292.5, 63.9%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4aba3

Analogous

#a6a3ab

#aaa3ab

#aba3a8

Triadic

#aaa3ab

#abaaa3

#a3abaa

Split-complementary

#aaa3ab

#a8aba3

#a3aba6

Tetradic

#aaa3ab

#aba3a4

#a4aba3

#a3abaa

Square

#aaa3ab

#aba6a3

#a4aba3

#a3a8ab

Shades

Color #aaa3ab mixed toward black.

#8f8690

#736a74

#565057

#3a353a

#1d1b1d

Tints

Color #aaa3ab mixed toward white.

#b8b2b9

#c6c2c7

#d4d1d5

#e3e0e3

#f1f0f1

Tones

Color #aaa3ab mixed toward gray.

#a9a4aa

#a9a5a9

#a8a6a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7a9 · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#a7a8a9 · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#aaa8a7 · ΔE 5.8

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 5.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa3ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa3ab]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#aaa3ab (#aaa3ab) is rgb(170, 163, 171) in RGB.

No, #aaa3ab 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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