#aea3b7

Color #aea3b7

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.8 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#aea3b7

RGB

rgb(174, 163, 183)

HSL

hsl(273, 12.2%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273, 10.9%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.9%, 10.9%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(68.47, 7.77, -8.85)

LCH

lch(68.47, 11.78, 311.28)

OKLCH

oklch(73.1%, 0.0309, 310.02)

HWB

hwb(273, 63.9%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#acb7a3

Analogous

#a4a3b7

#aea3b7

#b7a3b6

Triadic

#aea3b7

#b7aea3

#a3b7ae

Split-complementary

#aea3b7

#b6b7a3

#a3b7a4

Tetradic

#aea3b7

#b7a3ac

#acb7a3

#a3b7ae

Square

#aea3b7

#b7a4a3

#acb7a3

#a3b6b7

Shades

Color #aea3b7 mixed toward black.

#91839e

#756581

#574c61

#3a3341

#1d1920

Tints

Color #aea3b7 mixed toward white.

#bbb2c3

#c9c2cf

#d6d1db

#e4e0e7

#f1f0f3

Tones

Color #aea3b7 mixed toward gray.

#aea5b5

#aea6b4

#ada8b2

#adaab0

#adabaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9b2 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#aaabb1 · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#adafae · ΔE 12.4

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 11

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea3b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea3b7]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#aea3b7 (#aea3b7) is rgb(174, 163, 183) in RGB.

No, #aea3b7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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