#a49ea7

Color #a49ea7

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.46 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a49ea7

RGB

rgb(164, 158, 167)

HSL

hsl(280, 4.9%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 5.4%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.8%, 5.4%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(65.85, 3.88, -3.9)

LCH

lch(65.85, 5.5, 314.85)

OKLCH

oklch(70.7%, 0.0146, 314.72)

HWB

hwb(280, 62%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a1a79e

Analogous

#9f9ea7

#a49ea7

#a79ea5

Triadic

#a49ea7

#a7a49e

#9ea7a4

Split-complementary

#a49ea7

#a5a79e

#9ea79f

Tetradic

#a49ea7

#a79ea1

#a1a79e

#9ea7a4

Square

#a49ea7

#a79f9e

#a1a79e

#9ea5a7

Shades

Color #a49ea7 mixed toward black.

#89828d

#6e6772

#534d55

#373339

#1c1a1c

Tints

Color #a49ea7 mixed toward white.

#b3aeb6

#c2bec4

#d1ced3

#e1dfe2

#f0eff0

Tones

Color #a49ea7 mixed toward gray.

#a49fa6

#a39fa5

#a3a0a5

#a3a1a4

#a3a2a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1a5 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#a2a2a4 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#a4a3a3 · ΔE 5.8

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 6.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a49ea7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a49ea7]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#a49ea7 (#a49ea7) is rgb(164, 158, 167) in RGB.

No, #a49ea7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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