#aaa0b1

Color #aaa0b1

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.35 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa0b1

RGB

rgb(170, 160, 177)

HSL

hsl(275.3, 9.8%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.3, 9.6%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(4%, 9.6%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(67.17, 6.85, -7.48)

LCH

lch(67.17, 10.14, 312.48)

OKLCH

oklch(72%, 0.0267, 311.51)

HWB

hwb(275.3, 62.7%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7b1a0

Analogous

#a2a0b1

#aaa0b1

#b1a0b0

Triadic

#aaa0b1

#b1aaa0

#a0b1aa

Split-complementary

#aaa0b1

#b0b1a0

#a0b1a2

Tetradic

#aaa0b1

#b1a0a7

#a7b1a0

#a0b1aa

Square

#aaa0b1

#b1a2a0

#a7b1a0

#a0b0b1

Shades

Color #aaa0b1 mixed toward black.

#8e8198

#72657b

#564c5d

#39333e

#1d191f

Tints

Color #aaa0b1 mixed toward white.

#b8b0be

#c6c0cb

#d5d0d8

#e3dfe5

#f1eff2

Tones

Color #aaa0b1 mixed toward gray.

#aaa1b0

#aaa3ae

#a9a4ad

#a9a6ab

#a9a7aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a6ad · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#a6a7ac · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#aaaaa9 · ΔE 10.7

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 9.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa0b1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa0b1]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#aaa0b1 (#aaa0b1) is rgb(170, 160, 177) in RGB.

No, #aaa0b1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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