Information about #A49BAA color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #A49BAA reads as a softly muted balanced grey tone and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Siesta (#A59AA8). Slightly further away sit Magentaish Grey (#A89CA8) and Spun Pearl (#A2A1AC).
The recipe behind #A49BAA is rgb(164, 155, 170), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 7.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A49BAA is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#A49BAA color variations
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#A49BAA color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#A49BAA color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#A49BAA color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#A49BAA color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#A49BAA 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 #A49BAA color
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Nearest named colors to #A49BAA
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#A59AA8
#A89CA8
#A2A1AC
#AA98A9
#AA98A8
#A096A7
#A69FA4
#A09BB2
#9FA3A7
#AE98AA
#9998A7
#A6A6A6
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#A49BAA
- RGB164, 155, 170
- CMYK2, 6, 0, 33
- CSSrgb(164, 155, 170)
- HSL276°, 8%, 64%
- HSL Precise276°, 8.108%, 63.725%
- HSV276°, 9%, 67%
- HSB276°, 9%, 67%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.643
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.608
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.667
- GLSLvec3(0.643, 0.608, 0.667)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.643, 0.608, 0.667, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.643, 0.608, 0.667)
- Percentage of Red in RGB64.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB60.8%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB66.7%
- Color FamilyViolet
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDA49BAA
- DECIMAL ID10787754
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers22 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
