#a69ab9

Color #a69ab9

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 15.7 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a69ab9

RGB

rgb(166, 154, 185)

HSL

hsl(263.2, 18.1%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(263.2, 16.8%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.3%, 16.8%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(65.53, 10.46, -14.44)

LCH

lch(65.53, 17.83, 305.92)

OKLCH

oklch(70.7%, 0.0464, 302.87)

HWB

hwb(263.2, 60.4%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adb99a

Analogous

#9a9eb9

#a69ab9

#b69ab9

Triadic

#a69ab9

#b9a69a

#9ab9a6

Split-complementary

#a69ab9

#b9b69a

#9eb99a

Tetradic

#a69ab9

#b99aad

#adb99a

#9ab9a6

Square

#a69ab9

#b99a9e

#adb99a

#9ab9b6

Shades

Color #a69ab9 mixed toward black.

#8979a2

#6c5d86

#514564

#362e43

#1b1721

Tints

Color #a69ab9 mixed toward white.

#b5abc5

#c4bcd0

#d3cddc

#e1dde8

#f0eef3

Tones

Color #a69ab9 mixed toward gray.

#a79db6

#a79fb4

#a8a2b1

#a8a4af

#a9a7ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1b2 · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#a2a3b0 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#a5acab · ΔE 17.3

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 14.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a69ab9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a69ab9]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#a69ab9 (#a69ab9) is rgb(166, 154, 185) in RGB.

No, #a69ab9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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