#a496a8

Color #a496a8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 12.63 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#a496a8

RGB

rgb(164, 150, 168)

HSL

hsl(286.7, 9.4%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.7, 10.7%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.4%, 10.7%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(63.78, 8.54, -7.53)

LCH

lch(63.78, 11.39, 318.6)

OKLCH

oklch(69.1%, 0.0305, 318.73)

HWB

hwb(286.7, 58.8%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9aa896

Analogous

#9b96a8

#a496a8

#a896a3

Triadic

#a496a8

#a8a496

#96a8a4

Split-complementary

#a496a8

#a3a896

#96a89b

Tetradic

#a496a8

#a8969a

#9aa896

#96a8a4

Square

#a496a8

#a89b96

#9aa896

#96a3a8

Shades

Color #a496a8 mixed toward black.

#8b7990

#706074

#544857

#38303a

#1c181d

Tints

Color #a496a8 mixed toward white.

#b3a8b7

#c2b9c5

#d2cbd4

#e1dce2

#f0eef1

Tones

Color #a496a8 mixed toward gray.

#a398a7

#a299a5

#a29ba4

#a19ca2

#a09ea1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9ea4 · ΔE 8.7

Deuteranopia

#9fa0a3 · ΔE 10.4

Tritanopia

#a3a1a0 · ΔE 11.2

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 11.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a496a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a496a8]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#a496a8 (#a496a8) is rgb(164, 150, 168) in RGB.

No, #a496a8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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