#a19ba4

Color #a19ba4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.14 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a19ba4

RGB

rgb(161, 155, 164)

HSL

hsl(280, 4.7%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 5.5%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.8%, 5.5%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(64.72, 3.9, -3.91)

LCH

lch(64.72, 5.52, 314.93)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.0146, 314.72)

HWB

hwb(280, 60.8%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ea49b

Analogous

#9c9ba4

#a19ba4

#a49ba2

Triadic

#a19ba4

#a4a19b

#9ba4a1

Split-complementary

#a19ba4

#a2a49b

#9ba49c

Tetradic

#a19ba4

#a49b9e

#9ea49b

#9ba4a1

Square

#a19ba4

#a49c9b

#9ea49b

#9ba2a4

Shades

Color #a19ba4 mixed toward black.

#877f8b

#6c656f

#514c53

#363338

#1b191c

Tints

Color #a19ba4 mixed toward white.

#b1acb3

#c0bcc2

#d0cdd1

#e0dee1

#efeef0

Tones

Color #a19ba4 mixed toward gray.

#a19ca3

#a09ca2

#a09da2

#a09ea1

#a09fa0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9ea2 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#9f9fa1 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#a1a0a0 · ΔE 5.8

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 6.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a19ba4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a19ba4]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#a19ba4 (#a19ba4) is rgb(161, 155, 164) in RGB.

No, #a19ba4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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