#a49ca9

Color #a49ca9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.74 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 1.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a49ca9

RGB

rgb(164, 156, 169)

HSL

hsl(276.9, 7%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.9, 7.7%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(3%, 7.7%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(65.38, 5.38, -5.71)

LCH

lch(65.38, 7.85, 313.3)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.0207, 312.85)

HWB

hwb(276.9, 61.2%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a1a99c

Analogous

#9d9ca9

#a49ca9

#a99ca7

Triadic

#a49ca9

#a9a49c

#9ca9a4

Split-complementary

#a49ca9

#a7a99c

#9ca99d

Tetradic

#a49ca9

#a99ca1

#a1a99c

#9ca9a4

Square

#a49ca9

#a99d9c

#a1a99c

#9ca7a9

Shades

Color #a49ca9 mixed toward black.

#897f90

#6e6574

#534c57

#37323a

#1c191d

Tints

Color #a49ca9 mixed toward white.

#b3acb7

#c2bdc6

#d1cdd4

#e1dee2

#f0eef1

Tones

Color #a49ca9 mixed toward gray.

#a49da8

#a39ea7

#a39fa6

#a3a0a5

#a3a1a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1a6 · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#a1a2a5 · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#a4a4a3 · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 8.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a49ca9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a49ca9]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a49ca9 (#a49ca9) is rgb(164, 156, 169) in RGB.

No, #a49ca9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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