#a2afaf

Color #a2afaf

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.95 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a2afaf

RGB

rgb(162, 175, 175)

HSL

hsl(180, 7.5%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 7.4%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(70.48, -4.53, -1.56)

LCH

lch(70.48, 4.79, 199)

OKLCH

oklch(74.4%, 0.0146, 196.7)

HWB

hwb(180, 63.5%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afa2a2

Analogous

#a2afa9

#a2afaf

#a2a9af

Triadic

#a2afaf

#afa2af

#afafa2

Split-complementary

#a2afaf

#afa2a9

#afa9a2

Tetradic

#a2afaf

#a2a2af

#afa2a2

#afafa2

Square

#a2afaf

#a9a2af

#afa2a2

#a9afa2

Shades

Color #a2afaf mixed toward black.

#849595

#687979

#4e5b5b

#343c3c

#1a1e1e

Tints

Color #a2afaf mixed toward white.

#b2bcbc

#c1caca

#d1d7d7

#e0e4e4

#f0f2f2

Tones

Color #a2afaf mixed toward gray.

#a3aeae

#a4adad

#a5acac

#a6abab

#a7aaaa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8af · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#a7a6af · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#a3afaf · ΔE 0.4

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a2afaf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a2afaf]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#a2afaf (#a2afaf) is rgb(162, 175, 175) in RGB.

No, #a2afaf is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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