#aea6b1

Color #aea6b1

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.77 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aea6b1

RGB

rgb(174, 166, 177)

HSL

hsl(283.6, 6.6%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.6, 6.2%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.7%, 6.2%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(69.07, 4.94, -4.63)

LCH

lch(69.07, 6.77, 316.86)

OKLCH

oklch(73.5%, 0.018, 316.8)

HWB

hwb(283.6, 65.1%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9b1a6

Analogous

#a9a6b1

#aea6b1

#b1a6af

Triadic

#aea6b1

#b1aea6

#a6b1ae

Split-complementary

#aea6b1

#afb1a6

#a6b1a9

Tetradic

#aea6b1

#b1a6a9

#a9b1a6

#a6b1ae

Square

#aea6b1

#b1a9a6

#a9b1a6

#a6afb1

Shades

Color #aea6b1 mixed toward black.

#928896

#766b7a

#58505b

#3b353d

#1d1b1e

Tints

Color #aea6b1 mixed toward white.

#bcb5be

#c9c4cb

#d7d3d8

#e4e1e5

#f2f0f2

Tones

Color #aea6b1 mixed toward gray.

#aea7b0

#ada8af

#ada9ae

#acaaad

#acabad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababae · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#abacae · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#aeacac · ΔE 6.7

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea6b1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea6b1]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#aea6b1 (#aea6b1) is rgb(174, 166, 177) in RGB.

No, #aea6b1 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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