#a8a0ac

Color #a8a0ac

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.68 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 1.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a8a0ac

RGB

rgb(168, 160, 172)

HSL

hsl(280, 6.7%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 7%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.3%, 7%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(66.86, 5.16, -5.17)

LCH

lch(66.86, 7.3, 314.94)

OKLCH

oklch(71.6%, 0.0194, 314.58)

HWB

hwb(280, 62.7%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4aca0

Analogous

#a2a0ac

#a8a0ac

#aca0aa

Triadic

#a8a0ac

#aca8a0

#a0aca8

Split-complementary

#a8a0ac

#aaaca0

#a0aca2

Tetradic

#a8a0ac

#aca0a4

#a4aca0

#a0aca8

Square

#a8a0ac

#aca2a0

#a4aca0

#a0aaac

Shades

Color #a8a0ac mixed toward black.

#8d8392

#716776

#554d59

#39343b

#1c1a1e

Tints

Color #a8a0ac mixed toward white.

#b6b0ba

#c5c0c8

#d3d0d5

#e2dfe3

#f0eff1

Tones

Color #a8a0ac mixed toward gray.

#a8a1ab

#a7a2aa

#a7a3a9

#a7a4a8

#a6a5a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5a9 · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#a5a6a9 · ΔE 6.8

Tritanopia

#a8a7a6 · ΔE 8

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 7.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a8a0ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8a0ac]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#a8a0ac (#a8a0ac) is rgb(168, 160, 172) in RGB.

No, #a8a0ac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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