#aea4b5

Color #aea4b5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.12 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#aea4b5

RGB

rgb(174, 164, 181)

HSL

hsl(275.3, 10.3%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.3, 9.4%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.9%, 9.4%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(68.67, 6.82, -7.45)

LCH

lch(68.67, 10.1, 312.47)

OKLCH

oklch(73.3%, 0.0266, 311.65)

HWB

hwb(275.3, 64.3%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#abb5a4

Analogous

#a5a4b5

#aea4b5

#b5a4b3

Triadic

#aea4b5

#b5aea4

#a4b5ae

Split-complementary

#aea4b5

#b3b5a4

#a4b5a5

Tetradic

#aea4b5

#b5a4ab

#abb5a4

#a4b5ae

Square

#aea4b5

#b5a5a4

#abb5a4

#a4b3b5

Shades

Color #aea4b5 mixed toward black.

#92849b

#75677f

#584d5f

#3b343f

#1d1a20

Tints

Color #aea4b5 mixed toward white.

#bbb3c1

#c9c2ce

#d6d1da

#e4e1e6

#f1f0f3

Tones

Color #aea4b5 mixed toward gray.

#aea5b3

#ada7b2

#ada8b1

#adaaaf

#adabae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaab1 · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#aaabb0 · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#aeaead · ΔE 10.7

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 9.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea4b5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea4b5]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#aea4b5 (#aea4b5) is rgb(174, 164, 181) in RGB.

No, #aea4b5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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