#aea9b8

Color #aea9b8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.48 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#aea9b8

RGB

rgb(174, 169, 184)

HSL

hsl(260, 9.6%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 8.2%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.4%, 8.2%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(70.06, 4.66, -7.04)

LCH

lch(70.06, 8.44, 303.5)

OKLCH

oklch(74.4%, 0.0219, 301.01)

HWB

hwb(260, 66.3%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3b8a9

Analogous

#a9abb8

#aea9b8

#b5a9b8

Triadic

#aea9b8

#b8aea9

#a9b8ae

Split-complementary

#aea9b8

#b8b5a9

#abb8a9

Tetradic

#aea9b8

#b8a9b3

#b3b8a9

#a9b8ae

Square

#aea9b8

#b8a9ab

#b3b8a9

#a9b8b5

Shades

Color #aea9b8 mixed toward black.

#90899d

#726a81

#555061

#393540

#1c1b20

Tints

Color #aea9b8 mixed toward white.

#bbb7c4

#c9c6d0

#d6d4db

#e4e2e7

#f1f1f3

Tones

Color #aea9b8 mixed toward gray.

#aeaab7

#afabb5

#afadb4

#b0aeb3

#b0afb2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acacb5 · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#acadb4 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#aeb2b1 · ΔE 10

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 8.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea9b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea9b8]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#aea9b8 (#aea9b8) is rgb(174, 169, 184) in RGB.

No, #aea9b8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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