#aaa8ae

Color #aaa8ae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.38 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa8ae

RGB

rgb(170, 168, 174)

HSL

hsl(260, 3.6%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 3.4%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.3%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(69.19, 1.85, -2.83)

LCH

lch(69.19, 3.38, 303.17)

OKLCH

oklch(73.5%, 0.0088, 301.52)

HWB

hwb(260, 65.9%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#acaea8

Analogous

#a8a9ae

#aaa8ae

#ada8ae

Triadic

#aaa8ae

#aeaaa8

#a8aeaa

Split-complementary

#aaa8ae

#aeada8

#a9aea8

Tetradic

#aaa8ae

#aea8ac

#acaea8

#a8aeaa

Square

#aaa8ae

#aea8a9

#acaea8

#a8aead

Shades

Color #aaa8ae mixed toward black.

#8d8b93

#716e76

#555259

#38373b

#1c1b1e

Tints

Color #aaa8ae mixed toward white.

#b8b7bc

#c6c5c9

#d5d4d7

#e3e2e4

#f1f1f2

Tones

Color #aaa8ae mixed toward gray.

#aaa9ae

#aaa9ad

#abaaad

#abaaac

#ababac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9ad · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#a9a9ac · ΔE 2.1

Tritanopia

#aaabab · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa8ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa8ae]

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

#aaa8ae (#aaa8ae) is rgb(170, 168, 174) in RGB.

No, #aaa8ae 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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