#aea5b9

Color #aea5b9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.52 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#aea5b9

RGB

rgb(174, 165, 185)

HSL

hsl(267, 12.5%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(267, 10.8%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.9%, 10.8%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(69.05, 7.06, -9.1)

LCH

lch(69.05, 11.52, 307.81)

OKLCH

oklch(73.6%, 0.0301, 305.96)

HWB

hwb(267, 64.7%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b0b9a5

Analogous

#a5a6b9

#aea5b9

#b8a5b9

Triadic

#aea5b9

#b9aea5

#a5b9ae

Split-complementary

#aea5b9

#b9b8a5

#a6b9a5

Tetradic

#aea5b9

#b9a5b0

#b0b9a5

#a5b9ae

Square

#aea5b9

#b9a5a6

#b0b9a5

#a5b9b8

Shades

Color #aea5b9 mixed toward black.

#90849f

#736683

#564d62

#3a3342

#1d1a21

Tints

Color #aea5b9 mixed toward white.

#bbb4c5

#c9c3d0

#d6d2dc

#e4e1e8

#f1f0f3

Tones

Color #aea5b9 mixed toward gray.

#aea7b7

#aea8b6

#aeaab4

#afacb2

#afadb1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaab4 · ΔE 6.2

Deuteranopia

#ababb3 · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#aeb1b0 · ΔE 12.3

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 10.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea5b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea5b9]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#aea5b9 (#aea5b9) is rgb(174, 165, 185) in RGB.

No, #aea5b9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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