#a49fa8

Color #a49fa8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.17 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a49fa8

RGB

rgb(164, 159, 168)

HSL

hsl(273.3, 4.9%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.3, 5.4%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.4%, 5.4%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(66.15, 3.52, -4.02)

LCH

lch(66.15, 5.34, 311.21)

OKLCH

oklch(71%, 0.014, 310.38)

HWB

hwb(273.3, 62.4%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3a89f

Analogous

#9f9fa8

#a49fa8

#a89fa7

Triadic

#a49fa8

#a8a49f

#9fa8a4

Split-complementary

#a49fa8

#a7a89f

#9fa89f

Tetradic

#a49fa8

#a89fa3

#a3a89f

#9fa8a4

Square

#a49fa8

#a89f9f

#a3a89f

#9fa7a8

Shades

Color #a49fa8 mixed toward black.

#89828e

#6e6872

#524e56

#373439

#1b1a1d

Tints

Color #a49fa8 mixed toward white.

#b3afb6

#c2bfc5

#d1cfd3

#e1dfe2

#f0eff0

Tones

Color #a49fa8 mixed toward gray.

#a4a0a7

#a4a0a6

#a4a1a6

#a4a2a5

#a4a3a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2a6 · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#a2a3a5 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 5.9

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 5.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a49fa8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a49fa8]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#a49fa8 (#a49fa8) is rgb(164, 159, 168) in RGB.

No, #a49fa8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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