#a69cb4

Color #a69cb4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 14.27 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a69cb4

RGB

rgb(166, 156, 180)

HSL

hsl(265, 13.8%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(265, 13.3%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.8%, 13.3%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(65.89, 8.3, -11.11)

LCH

lch(65.89, 13.87, 306.76)

OKLCH

oklch(70.9%, 0.0362, 304.3)

HWB

hwb(265, 61.2%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aab49c

Analogous

#9c9eb4

#a69cb4

#b29cb4

Triadic

#a69cb4

#b4a69c

#9cb4a6

Split-complementary

#a69cb4

#b4b29c

#9eb49c

Tetradic

#a69cb4

#b49caa

#aab49c

#9cb4a6

Square

#a69cb4

#b49c9e

#aab49c

#9cb4b2

Shades

Color #a69cb4 mixed toward black.

#897c9c

#6d617f

#524860

#373040

#1b1820

Tints

Color #a69cb4 mixed toward white.

#b5adc1

#c4bdcd

#d3ceda

#e1dee6

#f0eff3

Tones

Color #a69cb4 mixed toward gray.

#a69eb2

#a7a0b0

#a7a2ae

#a7a4ac

#a8a6aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2af · ΔE 6.6

Deuteranopia

#a2a3ad · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#a6aaa9 · ΔE 14.2

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 12.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a69cb4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a69cb4]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Purple #9370db

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Frequently asked questions

#a69cb4 (#a69cb4) is rgb(166, 156, 180) in RGB.

No, #a69cb4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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