#a29ba5

Color #a29ba5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.59 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a29ba5

RGB

rgb(162, 155, 165)

HSL

hsl(282, 5.3%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282, 6.1%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.8%, 6.1%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(64.84, 4.45, -4.3)

LCH

lch(64.84, 6.19, 315.98)

OKLCH

oklch(69.9%, 0.0164, 315.99)

HWB

hwb(282, 60.8%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ea59b

Analogous

#9d9ba5

#a29ba5

#a59ba3

Triadic

#a29ba5

#a5a29b

#9ba5a2

Split-complementary

#a29ba5

#a3a59b

#9ba59d

Tetradic

#a29ba5

#a59b9e

#9ea59b

#9ba5a2

Square

#a29ba5

#a59d9b

#9ea59b

#9ba3a5

Shades

Color #a29ba5 mixed toward black.

#887f8c

#6d6570

#524c54

#363238

#1b191c

Tints

Color #a29ba5 mixed toward white.

#b1acb4

#c1bcc3

#d0cdd2

#e0dee1

#efeef0

Tones

Color #a29ba5 mixed toward gray.

#a29ca4

#a19da3

#a19da2

#a19ea2

#a09fa1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fa3 · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#9fa0a2 · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#a2a1a0 · ΔE 7.1

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 6.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a29ba5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a29ba5]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#a29ba5 (#a29ba5) is rgb(162, 155, 165) in RGB.

No, #a29ba5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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