#a398aa

Color #a398aa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.97 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a398aa

RGB

rgb(163, 152, 170)

HSL

hsl(276.7, 9.6%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.7, 10.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.1%, 10.6%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(64.28, 7.47, -7.93)

LCH

lch(64.28, 10.89, 313.29)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.0287, 312.46)

HWB

hwb(276.7, 59.6%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9faa98

Analogous

#9a98aa

#a398aa

#aa98a8

Triadic

#a398aa

#aaa398

#98aaa3

Split-complementary

#a398aa

#a8aa98

#98aa9a

Tetradic

#a398aa

#aa989f

#9faa98

#98aaa3

Square

#a398aa

#aa9a98

#9faa98

#98a8aa

Shades

Color #a398aa mixed toward black.

#897a92

#6e6176

#524958

#37303b

#1b181d

Tints

Color #a398aa mixed toward white.

#b2a9b8

#c2bac6

#d1cbd4

#e0dde3

#f0eef1

Tones

Color #a398aa mixed toward gray.

#a399a8

#a29ba7

#a29ca5

#a29ea4

#a19fa2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9ea6 · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#9fa0a5 · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#a2a3a2 · ΔE 11.5

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 10.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a398aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a398aa]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a398aa (#a398aa) is rgb(163, 152, 170) in RGB.

No, #a398aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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