#aba1af

Color #aba1af

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.8 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#aba1af

RGB

rgb(171, 161, 175)

HSL

hsl(282.9, 8%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.9, 8%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.3%, 8%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(67.46, 6.25, -5.93)

LCH

lch(67.46, 8.62, 316.5)

OKLCH

oklch(72.2%, 0.0229, 316.41)

HWB

hwb(282.9, 63.1%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5afa1

Analogous

#a4a1af

#aba1af

#afa1ac

Triadic

#aba1af

#afaba1

#a1afab

Split-complementary

#aba1af

#acafa1

#a1afa4

Tetradic

#aba1af

#afa1a5

#a5afa1

#a1afab

Square

#aba1af

#afa4a1

#a5afa1

#a1acaf

Shades

Color #aba1af mixed toward black.

#908395

#746779

#574d5b

#3a343c

#1d1a1e

Tints

Color #aba1af mixed toward white.

#b9b1bc

#c7c0ca

#d5d0d7

#e3e0e4

#f1eff2

Tones

Color #aba1af mixed toward gray.

#aba2ae

#aaa3ad

#aaa5ac

#a9a6aa

#a9a7a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7ac · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#a7a8ab · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#aba9a9 · ΔE 8.3

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 8.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aba1af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aba1af]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#aba1af (#aba1af) is rgb(171, 161, 175) in RGB.

No, #aba1af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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