#a599ac

Color #a599ac

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 12.37 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a599ac

RGB

rgb(165, 153, 172)

HSL

hsl(277.9, 10.3%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.9, 11%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.1%, 11%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(64.77, 8.01, -8.3)

LCH

lch(64.77, 11.53, 313.98)

OKLCH

oklch(69.9%, 0.0305, 313.27)

HWB

hwb(277.9, 60%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a0ac99

Analogous

#9b99ac

#a599ac

#ac99a9

Triadic

#a599ac

#aca599

#99aca5

Split-complementary

#a599ac

#a9ac99

#99ac9b

Tetradic

#a599ac

#ac99a0

#a0ac99

#99aca5

Square

#a599ac

#ac9b99

#a0ac99

#99a9ac

Shades

Color #a599ac mixed toward black.

#8b7b94

#6f6177

#53495a

#38313c

#1c181e

Tints

Color #a599ac mixed toward white.

#b4aaba

#c3bbc8

#d2ccd5

#e1dde3

#f0eef1

Tones

Color #a599ac mixed toward gray.

#a59aaa

#a49ca9

#a49ea7

#a39fa6

#a3a1a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0a8 · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#a1a2a7 · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#a4a4a3 · ΔE 11.9

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 11

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a599ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a599ac]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a599ac (#a599ac) is rgb(165, 153, 172) in RGB.

No, #a599ac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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