Information about #A49AAA color
Basic facts about this digital color
#A49AAA is a softly muted balanced grey tone that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Siesta (#A59AA8). Slightly further away sit Magentaish Grey (#A89CA8) and Effortless (#A096A7).
In RGB terms — rgb(164, 154, 170) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #A49AAA: 7.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.7:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#A49AAA color variations
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#A49AAA color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#A49AAA color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#A49AAA color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#A49AAA color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#A49AAA color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #A49AAA color
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Nearest named colors to #A49AAA
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#A59AA8
#A89CA8
#A096A7
#AA98A9
#AA98A8
#A2A1AC
#A69FA4
#A09BB2
#AE98AA
#9FA3A7
#9998A7
#AE94AB
#A49AAA color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#A49AAA
- RGB164, 154, 170
- CMYK2, 6, 0, 33
- CSSrgb(164, 154, 170)
- HSL278°, 9%, 64%
- HSL Precise277.5°, 8.602%, 63.529%
- HSV278°, 9%, 67%
- HSB278°, 9%, 67%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.643
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.604
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.667
- GLSLvec3(0.643, 0.604, 0.667)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.643, 0.604, 0.667, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.643, 0.604, 0.667)
- Percentage of Red in RGB64.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB60.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB66.7%
- Color FamilyViolet
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDA49AAA
- DECIMAL ID10787498
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers23 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
