#aba4b5

Color #aba4b5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.77 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#aba4b5

RGB

rgb(171, 164, 181)

HSL

hsl(264.7, 10.3%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264.7, 9.4%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.5%, 9.4%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(68.42, 5.78, -7.84)

LCH

lch(68.42, 9.74, 306.4)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.0254, 304.25)

HWB

hwb(264.7, 64.3%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeb5a4

Analogous

#a4a5b5

#aba4b5

#b3a4b5

Triadic

#aba4b5

#b5aba4

#a4b5ab

Split-complementary

#aba4b5

#b5b3a4

#a5b5a4

Tetradic

#aba4b5

#b5a4ae

#aeb5a4

#a4b5ab

Square

#aba4b5

#b5a4a5

#aeb5a4

#a4b5b3

Shades

Color #aba4b5 mixed toward black.

#8e849b

#71677f

#554d5f

#38343f

#1c1a20

Tints

Color #aba4b5 mixed toward white.

#b9b3c1

#c7c2ce

#d5d1da

#e3e1e6

#f1f0f3

Tones

Color #aba4b5 mixed toward gray.

#aba5b3

#aba7b2

#aca8b1

#acaaaf

#acabae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8b1 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#a8a9b0 · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#abaead · ΔE 10.9

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 9.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aba4b5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aba4b5]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Frequently asked questions

#aba4b5 (#aba4b5) is rgb(171, 164, 181) in RGB.

No, #aba4b5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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