#aea5b0

Color #aea5b0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.96 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#aea5b0

RGB

rgb(174, 165, 176)

HSL

hsl(289.1, 6.5%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(289.1, 6.2%, 69%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.1%, 6.2%, 0%, 31%)

LAB

lab(68.78, 5.29, -4.5)

LCH

lch(68.78, 6.95, 319.61)

OKLCH

oklch(73.3%, 0.0186, 320.23)

HWB

hwb(289.1, 64.7%, 31%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7b0a5

Analogous

#a9a5b0

#aea5b0

#b0a5ad

Triadic

#aea5b0

#b0aea5

#a5b0ae

Split-complementary

#aea5b0

#adb0a5

#a5b0a9

Tetradic

#aea5b0

#b0a5a7

#a7b0a5

#a5b0ae

Square

#aea5b0

#b0a9a5

#a7b0a5

#a5adb0

Shades

Color #aea5b0 mixed toward black.

#938795

#766a79

#59505b

#3b353d

#1e1b1e

Tints

Color #aea5b0 mixed toward white.

#bcb4bd

#c9c3ca

#d7d2d8

#e4e1e5

#f2f0f2

Tones

Color #aea5b0 mixed toward gray.

#aea6af

#ada7ae

#aca8ad

#aca9ac

#abaaac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaaad · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#ababad · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#aeabab · ΔE 6.6

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 7.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea5b0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea5b0]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#aea5b0 (#aea5b0) is rgb(174, 165, 176) in RGB.

No, #aea5b0 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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