#aea7b2

Color #aea7b2

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.6 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#aea7b2

RGB

rgb(174, 167, 178)

HSL

hsl(278.2, 6.7%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.2, 6.2%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.2%, 6.2%, 0%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(69.36, 4.58, -4.75)

LCH

lch(69.36, 6.6, 313.96)

OKLCH

oklch(73.8%, 0.0174, 313.6)

HWB

hwb(278.2, 65.5%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#abb2a7

Analogous

#a8a7b2

#aea7b2

#b2a7b0

Triadic

#aea7b2

#b2aea7

#a7b2ae

Split-complementary

#aea7b2

#b0b2a7

#a7b2a8

Tetradic

#aea7b2

#b2a7ab

#abb2a7

#a7b2ae

Square

#aea7b2

#b2a8a7

#abb2a7

#a7b0b2

Shades

Color #aea7b2 mixed toward black.

#928897

#756b7b

#58505c

#3b363d

#1d1b1f

Tints

Color #aea7b2 mixed toward white.

#bbb6bf

#c9c4cc

#d6d3d8

#e4e2e5

#f1f0f2

Tones

Color #aea7b2 mixed toward gray.

#aea8b1

#ada9b0

#adaaaf

#adabae

#adabad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababaf · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#abacaf · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#aeadad · ΔE 6.8

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea7b2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea7b2]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#aea7b2 (#aea7b2) is rgb(174, 167, 178) in RGB.

No, #aea7b2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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