#aba1b8

Color #aba1b8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 13.34 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#aba1b8

RGB

rgb(171, 161, 184)

HSL

hsl(266.1, 13.9%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(266.1, 12.5%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.1%, 12.5%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(67.73, 8.04, -10.54)

LCH

lch(67.73, 13.26, 307.34)

OKLCH

oklch(72.5%, 0.0346, 305.11)

HWB

hwb(266.1, 63.1%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeb8a1

Analogous

#a1a2b8

#aba1b8

#b6a1b8

Triadic

#aba1b8

#b8aba1

#a1b8ab

Split-complementary

#aba1b8

#b8b6a1

#a2b8a1

Tetradic

#aba1b8

#b8a1ae

#aeb8a1

#a1b8ab

Square

#aba1b8

#b8a1a2

#aeb8a1

#a1b8b6

Shades

Color #aba1b8 mixed toward black.

#8e809f

#716383

#554a62

#383141

#1c1921

Tints

Color #aba1b8 mixed toward white.

#b9b1c4

#c7c0d0

#d5d0db

#e3e0e7

#f1eff3

Tones

Color #aba1b8 mixed toward gray.

#aba3b6

#aba5b4

#aca7b2

#aca9b0

#acaaae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7b3 · ΔE 6.7

Deuteranopia

#a7a8b2 · ΔE 7.8

Tritanopia

#abafae · ΔE 13.9

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 11.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aba1b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aba1b8]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#aba1b8 (#aba1b8) is rgb(171, 161, 184) in RGB.

No, #aba1b8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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