#aca2ae

Color #aca2ae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.78 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 1.3

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Conversions

HEX

#aca2ae

RGB

rgb(172, 162, 174)

HSL

hsl(290, 6.9%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(290, 6.9%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.1%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(67.77, 5.86, -4.9)

LCH

lch(67.77, 7.64, 320.1)

OKLCH

oklch(72.4%, 0.0205, 320.55)

HWB

hwb(290, 63.5%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4aea2

Analogous

#a6a2ae

#aca2ae

#aea2aa

Triadic

#aca2ae

#aeaca2

#a2aeac

Split-complementary

#aca2ae

#aaaea2

#a2aea6

Tetradic

#aca2ae

#aea2a4

#a4aea2

#a2aeac

Square

#aca2ae

#aea6a2

#a4aea2

#a2aaae

Shades

Color #aca2ae mixed toward black.

#918494

#756878

#584e5a

#3b343c

#1d1a1e

Tints

Color #aca2ae mixed toward white.

#bab2bc

#c8c1c9

#d6d1d7

#e3e0e4

#f1f0f2

Tones

Color #aca2ae mixed toward gray.

#aba3ad

#aba4ac

#aaa5ab

#a9a6aa

#a9a7a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8ab · ΔE 7

Deuteranopia

#a8a9ab · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#aca9a8 · ΔE 7.8

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 8.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aca2ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aca2ae]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#aca2ae (#aca2ae) is rgb(172, 162, 174) in RGB.

No, #aca2ae 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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