#aba4af

Color #aba4af

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.7 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#aba4af

RGB

rgb(171, 164, 175)

HSL

hsl(278.2, 6.4%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.2, 6.3%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.3%, 6.3%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(68.24, 4.6, -4.77)

LCH

lch(68.24, 6.63, 313.96)

OKLCH

oklch(72.8%, 0.0175, 313.61)

HWB

hwb(278.2, 64.3%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8afa4

Analogous

#a6a4af

#aba4af

#afa4ae

Triadic

#aba4af

#afaba4

#a4afab

Split-complementary

#aba4af

#aeafa4

#a4afa6

Tetradic

#aba4af

#afa4a8

#a8afa4

#a4afab

Square

#aba4af

#afa6a4

#a8afa4

#a4aeaf

Shades

Color #aba4af mixed toward black.

#8f8695

#736a78

#564f5a

#3a353c

#1d1a1e

Tints

Color #aba4af mixed toward white.

#b9b3bc

#c7c2ca

#d5d2d7

#e3e1e4

#f1f0f2

Tones

Color #aba4af mixed toward gray.

#aba5ae

#aba6ad

#aaa7ac

#aaa8ab

#aaa9aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8ac · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#a8a9ac · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#abaaaa · ΔE 6.8

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 7.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aba4af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aba4af]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#aba4af (#aba4af) is rgb(171, 164, 175) in RGB.

No, #aba4af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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