#a697af

Color #a697af

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 14.99 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a697af

RGB

rgb(166, 151, 175)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 13%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 13.7%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.1%, 13.7%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(64.43, 10.08, -10.48)

LCH

lch(64.43, 14.54, 313.89)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.0384, 313)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 59.2%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a0af97

Analogous

#9a97af

#a697af

#af97ac

Triadic

#a697af

#afa697

#97afa6

Split-complementary

#a697af

#acaf97

#97af9a

Tetradic

#a697af

#af97a0

#a0af97

#97afa6

Square

#a697af

#af9a97

#a0af97

#97acaf

Shades

Color #a697af mixed toward black.

#8c7897

#705f7b

#54475c

#382f3d

#1c181f

Tints

Color #a697af mixed toward white.

#b5a8bc

#c4baca

#d2cbd7

#e1dce4

#f0eef2

Tones

Color #a697af mixed toward gray.

#a599ad

#a59bab

#a49da9

#a49fa7

#a3a1a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0aa · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#a1a2a8 · ΔE 11

Tritanopia

#a5a5a4 · ΔE 14

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 13

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a697af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a697af]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a697af (#a697af) is rgb(166, 151, 175) in RGB.

No, #a697af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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