#a29aa6

Color #a29aa6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.7 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a29aa6

RGB

rgb(162, 154, 166)

HSL

hsl(280, 6.3%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 7.2%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.4%, 7.2%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(64.6, 5.2, -5.21)

LCH

lch(64.6, 7.36, 314.94)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.0195, 314.58)

HWB

hwb(280, 60.4%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ea69a

Analogous

#9c9aa6

#a29aa6

#a69aa4

Triadic

#a29aa6

#a6a29a

#9aa6a2

Split-complementary

#a29aa6

#a4a69a

#9aa69c

Tetradic

#a29aa6

#a69a9e

#9ea69a

#9aa6a2

Square

#a29aa6

#a69c9a

#9ea69a

#9aa4a6

Shades

Color #a29aa6 mixed toward black.

#887e8d

#6d6471

#524b55

#363239

#1b191c

Tints

Color #a29aa6 mixed toward white.

#b1abb5

#c1bcc4

#d0ccd2

#e0dde1

#efeef0

Tones

Color #a29aa6 mixed toward gray.

#a29ba5

#a19ca4

#a19da3

#a19ea2

#a09fa1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fa3 · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#9fa0a3 · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#a2a1a0 · ΔE 8.1

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 7.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a29aa6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a29aa6]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#a29aa6 (#a29aa6) is rgb(162, 154, 166) in RGB.

No, #a29aa6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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