#a59fa7

Color #a59fa7

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.85 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a59fa7

RGB

rgb(165, 159, 167)

HSL

hsl(285, 4.3%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285, 4.8%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.2%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(66.2, 3.68, -3.38)

LCH

lch(66.2, 5, 317.43)

OKLCH

oklch(71%, 0.0134, 317.73)

HWB

hwb(285, 62.4%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a1a79f

Analogous

#a19fa7

#a59fa7

#a79fa5

Triadic

#a59fa7

#a7a59f

#9fa7a5

Split-complementary

#a59fa7

#a5a79f

#9fa7a1

Tetradic

#a59fa7

#a79fa1

#a1a79f

#9fa7a5

Square

#a59fa7

#a7a19f

#a1a79f

#9fa5a7

Shades

Color #a59fa7 mixed toward black.

#8a838d

#6f6871

#534e55

#373439

#1c1a1c

Tints

Color #a59fa7 mixed toward white.

#b4afb6

#c3bfc4

#d2cfd3

#e1dfe2

#f0eff0

Tones

Color #a59fa7 mixed toward gray.

#a5a0a6

#a4a0a6

#a4a1a5

#a4a2a4

#a3a2a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2a5 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#a3a3a5 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#a5a4a3 · ΔE 5.9

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 5.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a59fa7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a59fa7]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#a59fa7 (#a59fa7) is rgb(165, 159, 167) in RGB.

No, #a59fa7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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