#aea1b4

Color #aea1b4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.66 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#aea1b4

RGB

rgb(174, 161, 180)

HSL

hsl(281.1, 11.2%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.1, 10.6%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.3%, 10.6%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(67.86, 8.28, -8.09)

LCH

lch(67.86, 11.58, 315.66)

OKLCH

oklch(72.6%, 0.0307, 315.26)

HWB

hwb(281.1, 63.1%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7b4a1

Analogous

#a5a1b4

#aea1b4

#b4a1b1

Triadic

#aea1b4

#b4aea1

#a1b4ae

Split-complementary

#aea1b4

#b1b4a1

#a1b4a5

Tetradic

#aea1b4

#b4a1a7

#a7b4a1

#a1b4ae

Square

#aea1b4

#b4a5a1

#a7b4a1

#a1b1b4

Shades

Color #aea1b4 mixed toward black.

#93829b

#76657e

#594c5f

#3b323f

#1e1920

Tints

Color #aea1b4 mixed toward white.

#bcb1c1

#c9c0cd

#d7d0da

#e4e0e6

#f2eff3

Tones

Color #aea1b4 mixed toward gray.

#aea3b2

#ada4b1

#aca6af

#aca7ae

#aba9ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.56:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a8b0 · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#a9aaaf · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#adacab · ΔE 11.5

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 11.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea1b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea1b4]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#aea1b4 (#aea1b4) is rgb(174, 161, 180) in RGB.

No, #aea1b4 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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