#aba0b9

Color #aba0b9

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 13.51 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#aba0b9

RGB

rgb(171, 160, 185)

HSL

hsl(266.4, 15.2%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(266.4, 13.5%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.6%, 13.5%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(67.5, 8.8, -11.43)

LCH

lch(67.5, 14.43, 307.59)

OKLCH

oklch(72.3%, 0.0377, 305.29)

HWB

hwb(266.4, 62.7%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeb9a0

Analogous

#a0a1b9

#aba0b9

#b7a0b9

Triadic

#aba0b9

#b9aba0

#a0b9ab

Split-complementary

#aba0b9

#b9b7a0

#a1b9a0

Tetradic

#aba0b9

#b9a0ae

#aeb9a0

#a0b9ab

Square

#aba0b9

#b9a0a1

#aeb9a0

#a0b9b7

Shades

Color #aba0b9 mixed toward black.

#8e7fa1

#716184

#554963

#383142

#1c1821

Tints

Color #aba0b9 mixed toward white.

#b9b0c5

#c7c0d0

#d5cfdc

#e3dfe8

#f1eff3

Tones

Color #aba0b9 mixed toward gray.

#aba2b7

#aba4b5

#aca6b3

#aca8b1

#acaaae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a6b3 · ΔE 7

Deuteranopia

#a7a8b2 · ΔE 8.6

Tritanopia

#aaafae · ΔE 14.9

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 12.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aba0b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aba0b9]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#aba0b9 (#aba0b9) is rgb(171, 160, 185) in RGB.

No, #aba0b9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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