#aaa8ab

Color #aaa8ab

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 1.82 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa8ab

RGB

rgb(170, 168, 171)

HSL

hsl(280, 1.8%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 1.8%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.6%, 1.8%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(69.11, 1.28, -1.29)

LCH

lch(69.11, 1.82, 314.78)

OKLCH

oklch(73.4%, 0.0048, 315)

HWB

hwb(280, 65.9%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9aba8

Analogous

#a9a8ab

#aaa8ab

#aba8ab

Triadic

#aaa8ab

#abaaa8

#a8abaa

Split-complementary

#aaa8ab

#ababa8

#a8aba9

Tetradic

#aaa8ab

#aba8a9

#a9aba8

#a8abaa

Square

#aaa8ab

#aba9a8

#a9aba8

#a8abab

Shades

Color #aaa8ab mixed toward black.

#8e8b8f

#726f73

#555356

#39383a

#1c1c1d

Tints

Color #aaa8ab mixed toward white.

#b8b7b9

#c6c5c7

#d5d4d5

#e3e2e3

#f1f1f1

Tones

Color #aaa8ab mixed toward gray.

#aaa8ab

#aaa9ab

#aaa9aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9aa · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#a9a9aa · ΔE 1.7

Tritanopia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 2.2

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 2.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa8ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa8ab]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#aaa8ab (#aaa8ab) is rgb(170, 168, 171) in RGB.

No, #aaa8ab 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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