#aaa9ac

Color #aaa9ac

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 1.7 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa9ac

RGB

rgb(170, 169, 172)

HSL

hsl(260, 1.8%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 1.7%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.2%, 1.7%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(69.4, 0.92, -1.42)

LCH

lch(69.4, 1.69, 302.94)

OKLCH

oklch(73.7%, 0.0044, 301.18)

HWB

hwb(260, 66.3%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#abaca9

Analogous

#a9aaac

#aaa9ac

#aca9ac

Triadic

#aaa9ac

#acaaa9

#a9acaa

Split-complementary

#aaa9ac

#acaca9

#aaaca9

Tetradic

#aaa9ac

#aca9ab

#abaca9

#a9acaa

Square

#aaa9ac

#aca9aa

#abaca9

#a9acac

Shades

Color #aaa9ac mixed toward black.

#8d8c90

#717074

#555457

#39383a

#1c1c1d

Tints

Color #aaa9ac mixed toward white.

#b8b7ba

#c6c6c8

#d5d4d6

#e3e2e3

#f1f1f1

Tones

Color #aaa9ac mixed toward gray.

#aaa9ac

#aaaaac

#aaaaab

#abaaab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaaab · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#aaaaab · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#aaabab · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 1.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa9ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa9ac]

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

#aaa9ac (#aaa9ac) is rgb(170, 169, 172) in RGB.

No, #aaa9ac 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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