#aaa2b6

Color #aaa2b6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.54 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa2b6

RGB

rgb(170, 162, 182)

HSL

hsl(264, 12%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264, 11%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.6%, 11%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(67.85, 6.74, -9.26)

LCH

lch(67.85, 11.45, 306.05)

OKLCH

oklch(72.5%, 0.0298, 303.8)

HWB

hwb(264, 63.5%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeb6a2

Analogous

#a2a4b6

#aaa2b6

#b4a2b6

Triadic

#aaa2b6

#b6aaa2

#a2b6aa

Split-complementary

#aaa2b6

#b6b4a2

#a4b6a2

Tetradic

#aaa2b6

#b6a2ae

#aeb6a2

#a2b6aa

Square

#aaa2b6

#b6a2a4

#aeb6a2

#a2b6b4

Shades

Color #aaa2b6 mixed toward black.

#8d829d

#706581

#544c60

#383240

#1c1920

Tints

Color #aaa2b6 mixed toward white.

#b8b2c2

#c6c1ce

#d5d1db

#e3e0e7

#f1f0f3

Tones

Color #aaa2b6 mixed toward gray.

#aaa4b4

#aba5b3

#aba7b1

#aba9af

#acaaae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7b1 · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#a7a8b0 · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#aaaead · ΔE 12.5

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 10.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa2b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa2b6]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#aaa2b6 (#aaa2b6) is rgb(170, 162, 182) in RGB.

No, #aaa2b6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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