#aea4b8

Color #aea4b8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.65 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#aea4b8

RGB

rgb(174, 164, 184)

HSL

hsl(270, 12.3%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 10.9%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.4%, 10.9%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(68.76, 7.41, -8.98)

LCH

lch(68.76, 11.64, 309.53)

OKLCH

oklch(73.4%, 0.0305, 308.07)

HWB

hwb(270, 64.3%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeb8a4

Analogous

#a4a4b8

#aea4b8

#b8a4b8

Triadic

#aea4b8

#b8aea4

#a4b8ae

Split-complementary

#aea4b8

#b8b8a4

#a4b8a4

Tetradic

#aea4b8

#b8a4ae

#aeb8a4

#a4b8ae

Square

#aea4b8

#b8a4a4

#aeb8a4

#a4b8b8

Shades

Color #aea4b8 mixed toward black.

#91839e

#746682

#574c62

#3a3341

#1d1921

Tints

Color #aea4b8 mixed toward white.

#bbb3c4

#c9c2d0

#d6d1db

#e4e1e7

#f1f0f3

Tones

Color #aea4b8 mixed toward gray.

#aea6b6

#aea7b5

#aea9b3

#aeabb1

#aeacb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaab3 · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#aaabb2 · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#aeb0af · ΔE 12.2

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 10.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea4b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea4b8]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#aea4b8 (#aea4b8) is rgb(174, 164, 184) in RGB.

No, #aea4b8 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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