#a1a2ae

Color #a1a2ae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.04 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 1.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a1a2ae

RGB

rgb(161, 162, 174)

HSL

hsl(235.4, 7.4%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235.4, 7.5%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.5%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(66.88, 2.01, -6.32)

LCH

lch(66.88, 6.63, 287.64)

OKLCH

oklch(71.5%, 0.0173, 282.03)

HWB

hwb(235.4, 63.1%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeada1

Analogous

#a1a9ae

#a1a2ae

#a7a1ae

Triadic

#a1a2ae

#aea1a2

#a2aea1

Split-complementary

#a1a2ae

#aea7a1

#a9aea1

Tetradic

#a1a2ae

#ada1ae

#aeada1

#a2aea1

Square

#a1a2ae

#aea1a9

#aeada1

#a1aea7

Shades

Color #a1a2ae mixed toward black.

#838494

#676978

#4e4f5a

#34343c

#1a1a1e

Tints

Color #a1a2ae mixed toward white.

#b1b2bc

#c0c1c9

#d0d1d7

#e0e0e4

#eff0f2

Tones

Color #a1a2ae mixed toward gray.

#a2a3ad

#a3a4ac

#a4a5ab

#a5a6aa

#a6a7a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1ab · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#a1a1ab · ΔE 1

Tritanopia

#a1a9a8 · ΔE 8.5

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a1a2ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a1a2ae]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a1a2ae (#a1a2ae) is rgb(161, 162, 174) in RGB.

No, #a1a2ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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