#aea2b3

Color #aea2b3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.47 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#aea2b3

RGB

rgb(174, 162, 179)

HSL

hsl(282.4, 10.1%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.4, 9.5%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.8%, 9.5%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(68.09, 7.53, -7.19)

LCH

lch(68.09, 10.41, 316.32)

OKLCH

oklch(72.8%, 0.0277, 316.03)

HWB

hwb(282.4, 63.5%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7b3a2

Analogous

#a6a2b3

#aea2b3

#b3a2b0

Triadic

#aea2b3

#b3aea2

#a2b3ae

Split-complementary

#aea2b3

#b0b3a2

#a2b3a6

Tetradic

#aea2b3

#b3a2a7

#a7b3a2

#a2b3ae

Square

#aea2b3

#b3a6a2

#a7b3a2

#a2b0b3

Shades

Color #aea2b3 mixed toward black.

#93839a

#76667d

#594d5e

#3b333f

#1e1a1f

Tints

Color #aea2b3 mixed toward white.

#bcb2c0

#c9c1cc

#d7d1d9

#e4e0e6

#f2f0f2

Tones

Color #aea2b3 mixed toward gray.

#aea3b2

#ada5b0

#aca6af

#aca8ad

#aba9ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9af · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#aaabae · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#adacab · ΔE 10.7

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 10.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea2b3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea2b3]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#aea2b3 (#aea2b3) is rgb(174, 162, 179) in RGB.

No, #aea2b3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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