#aa9cae

Color #aa9cae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.75 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aa9cae

RGB

rgb(170, 156, 174)

HSL

hsl(286.7, 10%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.7, 10.3%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.3%, 10.3%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(66.04, 8.48, -7.48)

LCH

lch(66.04, 11.31, 318.59)

OKLCH

oklch(71.1%, 0.0303, 318.62)

HWB

hwb(286.7, 61.2%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a0ae9c

Analogous

#a19cae

#aa9cae

#ae9ca9

Triadic

#aa9cae

#aeaa9c

#9caeaa

Split-complementary

#aa9cae

#a9ae9c

#9caea1

Tetradic

#aa9cae

#ae9ca0

#a0ae9c

#9caeaa

Square

#aa9cae

#aea19c

#a0ae9c

#9ca9ae

Shades

Color #aa9cae mixed toward black.

#907e95

#746379

#574a5b

#3a313c

#1d191e

Tints

Color #aa9cae mixed toward white.

#b8acbb

#c6bdc9

#d4cdd6

#e3dee4

#f1eef1

Tones

Color #aa9cae mixed toward gray.

#a99dac

#a89fab

#a7a0a9

#a7a2a8

#a6a3a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a4aa · ΔE 8.7

Deuteranopia

#a5a6a9 · ΔE 10.4

Tritanopia

#a9a7a6 · ΔE 11.1

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 11.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa9cae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa9cae]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#aa9cae (#aa9cae) is rgb(170, 156, 174) in RGB.

No, #aa9cae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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