#ac9fb4

Color #ac9fb4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 12.78 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#ac9fb4

RGB

rgb(172, 159, 180)

HSL

hsl(277.1, 12.3%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.1, 11.7%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(67.17, 8.7, -9.13)

LCH

lch(67.17, 12.61, 313.62)

OKLCH

oklch(72%, 0.0333, 312.81)

HWB

hwb(277.1, 62.4%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7b49f

Analogous

#a29fb4

#ac9fb4

#b49fb2

Triadic

#ac9fb4

#b4ac9f

#9fb4ac

Split-complementary

#ac9fb4

#b2b49f

#9fb4a2

Tetradic

#ac9fb4

#b49fa7

#a7b49f

#9fb4ac

Square

#ac9fb4

#b4a29f

#a7b49f

#9fb2b4

Shades

Color #ac9fb4 mixed toward black.

#917f9b

#74637f

#574a5f

#3a323f

#1d1920

Tints

Color #ac9fb4 mixed toward white.

#baafc1

#c8bfcd

#d6cfda

#e3dfe6

#f1eff3

Tones

Color #ac9fb4 mixed toward gray.

#aca1b2

#aba3b1

#aba4af

#aaa6ad

#aaa8ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a6af · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#a7a8ae · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#ababaa · ΔE 12.6

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 11.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ac9fb4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ac9fb4]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ac9fb4 (#ac9fb4) is rgb(172, 159, 180) in RGB.

No, #ac9fb4 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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