#aba5ad

Color #aba5ad

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.02 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#aba5ad

RGB

rgb(171, 165, 173)

HSL

hsl(285, 4.7%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285, 4.6%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.2%, 4.6%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(68.45, 3.66, -3.35)

LCH

lch(68.45, 4.96, 317.53)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.0132, 317.76)

HWB

hwb(285, 64.7%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7ada5

Analogous

#a7a5ad

#aba5ad

#ada5ab

Triadic

#aba5ad

#adaba5

#a5adab

Split-complementary

#aba5ad

#abada5

#a5ada7

Tetradic

#aba5ad

#ada5a7

#a7ada5

#a5adab

Square

#aba5ad

#ada7a5

#a7ada5

#a5abad

Shades

Color #aba5ad mixed toward black.

#908892

#736b76

#575159

#3a363b

#1d1b1e

Tints

Color #aba5ad mixed toward white.

#b9b4bb

#c7c3c8

#d5d2d6

#e3e1e4

#f1f0f1

Tones

Color #aba5ad mixed toward gray.

#aba6ac

#aaa6ac

#aaa7ab

#aaa8aa

#a9a8aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8ab · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#a9a9ab · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#abaaa9 · ΔE 5.9

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 5.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aba5ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aba5ad]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#aba5ad (#aba5ad) is rgb(171, 165, 173) in RGB.

No, #aba5ad 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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