#aea2b5

Color #aea2b5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.47 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#aea2b5

RGB

rgb(174, 162, 181)

HSL

hsl(277.9, 11.4%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.9, 10.5%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.9%, 10.5%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(68.15, 7.92, -8.22)

LCH

lch(68.15, 11.41, 313.94)

OKLCH

oklch(72.8%, 0.0302, 313.26)

HWB

hwb(277.9, 63.5%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9b5a2

Analogous

#a5a2b5

#aea2b5

#b5a2b3

Triadic

#aea2b5

#b5aea2

#a2b5ae

Split-complementary

#aea2b5

#b3b5a2

#a2b5a5

Tetradic

#aea2b5

#b5a2a9

#a9b5a2

#a2b5ae

Square

#aea2b5

#b5a5a2

#a9b5a2

#a2b3b5

Shades

Color #aea2b5 mixed toward black.

#92829c

#76657f

#584c60

#3b3340

#1d1920

Tints

Color #aea2b5 mixed toward white.

#bcb2c1

#c9c1ce

#d7d1da

#e4e0e6

#f2f0f3

Tones

Color #aea2b5 mixed toward gray.

#aea4b4

#ada5b2

#ada7b0

#aca8af

#acaaad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9b1 · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#aaabb0 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#adadac · ΔE 11.8

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 10.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea2b5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea2b5]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#aea2b5 (#aea2b5) is rgb(174, 162, 181) in RGB.

No, #aea2b5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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