#aaa6ac

Color #aaa6ac

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.69 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa6ac

RGB

rgb(170, 166, 172)

HSL

hsl(280, 3.5%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 3.5%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.2%, 3.5%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(68.6, 2.56, -2.58)

LCH

lch(68.6, 3.63, 314.78)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.0096, 315)

HWB

hwb(280, 65.1%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8aca6

Analogous

#a7a6ac

#aaa6ac

#aca6ab

Triadic

#aaa6ac

#acaaa6

#a6acaa

Split-complementary

#aaa6ac

#abaca6

#a6aca7

Tetradic

#aaa6ac

#aca6a8

#a8aca6

#a6acaa

Square

#aaa6ac

#aca7a6

#a8aca6

#a6abac

Shades

Color #aaa6ac mixed toward black.

#8e8991

#726d75

#565257

#39363a

#1d1b1d

Tints

Color #aaa6ac mixed toward white.

#b8b5ba

#c6c4c8

#d5d3d6

#e3e1e3

#f1f0f1

Tones

Color #aaa6ac mixed toward gray.

#aaa7ac

#aaa7ab

#aaa8ab

#a9a8aa

#a9a9aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8ab · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#a9a9aa · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#aaa9a9 · ΔE 3.9

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 4.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa6ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa6ac]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#aaa6ac (#aaa6ac) is rgb(170, 166, 172) in RGB.

No, #aaa6ac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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