#aea8b6

Color #aea8b6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.03 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aea8b6

RGB

rgb(174, 168, 182)

HSL

hsl(265.7, 8.8%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(265.7, 7.7%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.4%, 7.7%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(69.74, 4.81, -6.41)

LCH

lch(69.74, 8.01, 306.88)

OKLCH

oklch(74.1%, 0.0209, 305.28)

HWB

hwb(265.7, 65.9%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b0b6a8

Analogous

#a8a9b6

#aea8b6

#b5a8b6

Triadic

#aea8b6

#b6aea8

#a8b6ae

Split-complementary

#aea8b6

#b6b5a8

#a9b6a8

Tetradic

#aea8b6

#b6a8b0

#b0b6a8

#a8b6ae

Square

#aea8b6

#b6a8a9

#b0b6a8

#a8b6b5

Shades

Color #aea8b6 mixed toward black.

#90889b

#736a7f

#56505f

#3a353f

#1d1b20

Tints

Color #aea8b6 mixed toward white.

#bbb6c2

#c9c5ce

#d6d3da

#e4e2e7

#f1f0f3

Tones

Color #aea8b6 mixed toward gray.

#aea9b5

#aeaab4

#aeabb2

#afadb1

#afaeb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababb3 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#acacb2 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#aeb0b0 · ΔE 8.8

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 7.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea8b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea8b6]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#aea8b6 (#aea8b6) is rgb(174, 168, 182) in RGB.

No, #aea8b6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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