#aca3aa

Color #aca3aa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.33 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aca3aa

RGB

rgb(172, 163, 170)

HSL

hsl(313.3, 5.1%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(313.3, 5.2%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 1.2%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(67.92, 4.54, -2.45)

LCH

lch(67.92, 5.16, 331.65)

OKLCH

oklch(72.5%, 0.0144, 333.08)

HWB

hwb(313.3, 63.9%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3aca5

Analogous

#aaa3ac

#aca3aa

#aca3a6

Triadic

#aca3aa

#aaaca3

#a3aaac

Split-complementary

#aca3aa

#a6aca3

#a3acaa

Tetradic

#aca3aa

#aca5a3

#a3aca5

#a3aaac

Square

#aca3aa

#acaaa3

#a3aca5

#a3a6ac

Shades

Color #aca3aa mixed toward black.

#91868f

#756a73

#584f56

#3b3539

#1d1a1d

Tints

Color #aca3aa mixed toward white.

#bab2b8

#c8c2c6

#d5d1d5

#e3e0e3

#f1f0f1

Tones

Color #aca3aa mixed toward gray.

#aba4aa

#aba5a9

#aaa5a9

#a9a6a8

#a8a7a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#a9a9a8 · ΔE 6.8

Tritanopia

#aca7a7 · ΔE 4.4

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 6.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aca3aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aca3aa]

Related colors

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Frequently asked questions

#aca3aa (#aca3aa) is rgb(172, 163, 170) in RGB.

No, #aca3aa 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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