#aaa3ac

Color #aaa3ac

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.82 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa3ac

RGB

rgb(170, 163, 172)

HSL

hsl(286.7, 5.1%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.7, 5.2%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.2%, 5.2%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(67.81, 4.21, -3.75)

LCH

lch(67.81, 5.64, 318.31)

OKLCH

oklch(72.4%, 0.015, 318.78)

HWB

hwb(286.7, 63.9%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5aca3

Analogous

#a6a3ac

#aaa3ac

#aca3aa

Triadic

#aaa3ac

#acaaa3

#a3acaa

Split-complementary

#aaa3ac

#aaaca3

#a3aca6

Tetradic

#aaa3ac

#aca3a5

#a5aca3

#a3acaa

Square

#aaa3ac

#aca6a3

#a5aca3

#a3aaac

Shades

Color #aaa3ac mixed toward black.

#8f8691

#736a75

#564f58

#39353b

#1d1a1d

Tints

Color #aaa3ac mixed toward white.

#b8b2ba

#c6c2c8

#d5d1d5

#e3e0e3

#f1f0f1

Tones

Color #aaa3ac mixed toward gray.

#aaa4ab

#a9a5ab

#a9a5aa

#a8a6a9

#a8a7a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7aa · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#a7a8a9 · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#aaa8a8 · ΔE 5.7

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 6.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa3ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa3ac]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#aaa3ac (#aaa3ac) is rgb(170, 163, 172) in RGB.

No, #aaa3ac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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