#aea0b6

Color #aea0b6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 13.05 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#aea0b6

RGB

rgb(174, 160, 182)

HSL

hsl(278.2, 13.1%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.2, 12.1%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.4%, 12.1%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(67.66, 9.23, -9.5)

LCH

lch(67.66, 13.25, 314.17)

OKLCH

oklch(72.5%, 0.035, 313.5)

HWB

hwb(278.2, 62.7%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8b6a0

Analogous

#a3a0b6

#aea0b6

#b6a0b3

Triadic

#aea0b6

#b6aea0

#a0b6ae

Split-complementary

#aea0b6

#b3b6a0

#a0b6a3

Tetradic

#aea0b6

#b6a0a8

#a8b6a0

#a0b6ae

Square

#aea0b6

#b6a3a0

#a8b6a0

#a0b3b6

Shades

Color #aea0b6 mixed toward black.

#93809d

#766381

#594a61

#3b3241

#1e1920

Tints

Color #aea0b6 mixed toward white.

#bcb0c2

#c9c0ce

#d7d0db

#e4dfe7

#f2eff3

Tones

Color #aea0b6 mixed toward gray.

#aea2b4

#ada4b2

#ada6b1

#aca7af

#aca9ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8b1 · ΔE 8.6

Deuteranopia

#a9aab0 · ΔE 10.1

Tritanopia

#adadac · ΔE 13.1

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 12.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea0b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea0b6]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#aea0b6 (#aea0b6) is rgb(174, 160, 182) in RGB.

No, #aea0b6 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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