#aaa6af

Color #aaa6af

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.21 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa6af

RGB

rgb(170, 166, 175)

HSL

hsl(266.7, 5.3%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(266.7, 5.1%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.9%, 5.1%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(68.69, 3.14, -4.12)

LCH

lch(68.69, 5.18, 307.31)

OKLCH

oklch(73.1%, 0.0136, 306.03)

HWB

hwb(266.7, 65.1%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#abafa6

Analogous

#a6a7af

#aaa6af

#afa6af

Triadic

#aaa6af

#afaaa6

#a6afaa

Split-complementary

#aaa6af

#afafa6

#a7afa6

Tetradic

#aaa6af

#afa6ab

#abafa6

#a6afaa

Square

#aaa6af

#afa6a7

#abafa6

#a6afaf

Shades

Color #aaa6af mixed toward black.

#8e8894

#716c78

#55515a

#39363c

#1c1b1e

Tints

Color #aaa6af mixed toward white.

#b8b5bc

#c6c4ca

#d5d3d7

#e3e1e4

#f1f0f2

Tones

Color #aaa6af mixed toward gray.

#aaa7ae

#aaa8ae

#aaa8ad

#aaa9ac

#abaaab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8ad · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#a9a9ac · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#aaabab · ΔE 5.9

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 5.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa6af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa6af]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#aaa6af (#aaa6af) is rgb(170, 166, 175) in RGB.

No, #aaa6af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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