#a3a1b8

Color #a3a1b8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 12.93 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a3a1b8

RGB

rgb(163, 161, 184)

HSL

hsl(245.2, 13.9%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.2, 12.5%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.4%, 12.5%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(67.08, 5.33, -11.58)

LCH

lch(67.08, 12.75, 294.72)

OKLCH

oklch(71.8%, 0.0331, 289.58)

HWB

hwb(245.2, 63.1%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6b8a1

Analogous

#a1aab8

#a3a1b8

#aea1b8

Triadic

#a3a1b8

#b8a3a1

#a1b8a3

Split-complementary

#a3a1b8

#b8aea1

#aab8a1

Tetradic

#a3a1b8

#b8a1b6

#b6b8a1

#a1b8a3

Square

#a3a1b8

#b8a1aa

#b6b8a1

#a1b8ae

Shades

Color #a3a1b8 mixed toward black.

#83809f

#666383

#4c4a62

#333141

#191921

Tints

Color #a3a1b8 mixed toward white.

#b2b1c4

#c2c0d0

#d1d0db

#e0e0e7

#f0eff3

Tones

Color #a3a1b8 mixed toward gray.

#a4a3b6

#a6a5b4

#a8a7b2

#a9a9b0

#abaaae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2b3 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#a2a2b2 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#a3afae · ΔE 14.5

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 10.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a3a1b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a3a1b8]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a3a1b8 (#a3a1b8) is rgb(163, 161, 184) in RGB.

No, #a3a1b8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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