#aaa6b0

Color #aaa6b0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.73 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa6b0

RGB

rgb(170, 166, 176)

HSL

hsl(264, 6%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264, 5.7%, 69%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.4%, 5.7%, 0%, 31%)

LAB

lab(68.72, 3.34, -4.63)

LCH

lch(68.72, 5.71, 305.81)

OKLCH

oklch(73.2%, 0.0148, 304.01)

HWB

hwb(264, 65.1%, 31%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#acb0a6

Analogous

#a6a7b0

#aaa6b0

#afa6b0

Triadic

#aaa6b0

#b0aaa6

#a6b0aa

Split-complementary

#aaa6b0

#b0afa6

#a7b0a6

Tetradic

#aaa6b0

#b0a6ac

#acb0a6

#a6b0aa

Square

#aaa6b0

#b0a6a7

#acb0a6

#a6b0af

Shades

Color #aaa6b0 mixed toward black.

#8d8895

#716b79

#55505b

#38363c

#1c1b1e

Tints

Color #aaa6b0 mixed toward white.

#b8b5bd

#c6c4ca

#d5d3d8

#e3e1e5

#f1f0f2

Tones

Color #aaa6b0 mixed toward gray.

#aaa7af

#aaa8ae

#aba9ae

#aba9ad

#abaaac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8ae · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#a9a9ad · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#aaacab · ΔE 7.2

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 5.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa6b0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa6b0]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#aaa6b0 (#aaa6b0) is rgb(170, 166, 176) in RGB.

No, #aaa6b0 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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