#aaa1b7

Color #aaa1b7

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 12.73 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa1b7

RGB

rgb(170, 161, 183)

HSL

hsl(264.5, 13.3%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264.5, 12%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.1%, 12%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(67.62, 7.5, -10.16)

LCH

lch(67.62, 12.63, 306.43)

OKLCH

oklch(72.4%, 0.033, 304.12)

HWB

hwb(264.5, 63.1%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeb7a1

Analogous

#a1a3b7

#aaa1b7

#b5a1b7

Triadic

#aaa1b7

#b7aaa1

#a1b7aa

Split-complementary

#aaa1b7

#b7b5a1

#a3b7a1

Tetradic

#aaa1b7

#b7a1ae

#aeb7a1

#a1b7aa

Square

#aaa1b7

#b7a1a3

#aeb7a1

#a1b7b5

Shades

Color #aaa1b7 mixed toward black.

#8d819e

#706382

#544b62

#383241

#1c1921

Tints

Color #aaa1b7 mixed toward white.

#b8b1c3

#c6c0cf

#d5d0db

#e3e0e7

#f1eff3

Tones

Color #aaa1b7 mixed toward gray.

#aaa3b5

#aba5b3

#aba7b2

#aba8b0

#acaaae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a6b2 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#a7a7b1 · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#aaaead · ΔE 13.3

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 11.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa1b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa1b7]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Frequently asked questions

#aaa1b7 (#aaa1b7) is rgb(170, 161, 183) in RGB.

No, #aaa1b7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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