#a09fa9

Color #a09fa9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.51 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 0.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a09fa9

RGB

rgb(160, 159, 169)

HSL

hsl(246, 5.5%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246, 5.9%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.3%, 5.9%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(65.85, 2.31, -5.06)

LCH

lch(65.85, 5.56, 294.54)

OKLCH

oklch(70.7%, 0.0144, 290.7)

HWB

hwb(246, 62.4%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8a99f

Analogous

#9fa3a9

#a09fa9

#a59fa9

Triadic

#a09fa9

#a9a09f

#9fa9a0

Split-complementary

#a09fa9

#a9a59f

#a3a99f

Tetradic

#a09fa9

#a99fa8

#a8a99f

#9fa9a0

Square

#a09fa9

#a99fa3

#a8a99f

#9fa9a5

Shades

Color #a09fa9 mixed toward black.

#83828f

#696773

#4e4d56

#34343a

#1a1a1d

Tints

Color #a09fa9 mixed toward white.

#b0afb7

#c0bfc6

#cfcfd4

#dfdfe2

#efeff1

Tones

Color #a09fa9 mixed toward gray.

#a1a0a8

#a1a1a7

#a2a1a6

#a3a2a6

#a3a3a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0a7 · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#a0a0a6 · ΔE 2.2

Tritanopia

#a0a5a4 · ΔE 7.4

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 5.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a09fa9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a09fa9]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a09fa9 (#a09fa9) is rgb(160, 159, 169) in RGB.

No, #a09fa9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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