#a3a5ae

Color #a3a5ae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.19 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a3a5ae

RGB

rgb(163, 165, 174)

HSL

hsl(229.1, 6.4%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.1, 6.3%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.3%, 5.2%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(67.84, 1.05, -4.89)

LCH

lch(67.84, 5, 282.12)

OKLCH

oklch(72.3%, 0.0132, 276.1)

HWB

hwb(229.1, 63.9%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeaca3

Analogous

#a3abae

#a3a5ae

#a7a3ae

Triadic

#a3a5ae

#aea3a5

#a5aea3

Split-complementary

#a3a5ae

#aea7a3

#abaea3

Tetradic

#a3a5ae

#aca3ae

#aeaca3

#a5aea3

Square

#a3a5ae

#aea3ab

#aeaca3

#a3aea7

Shades

Color #a3a5ae mixed toward black.

#858894

#696c78

#4f515a

#35363c

#1a1b1e

Tints

Color #a3a5ae mixed toward white.

#b2b4bc

#c2c3c9

#d1d2d7

#e0e1e4

#f0f0f2

Tones

Color #a3a5ae mixed toward gray.

#a4a6ad

#a5a6ac

#a6a7ab

#a7a7aa

#a8a8a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a4ac · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#a4a4ab · ΔE 1.2

Tritanopia

#a3aaaa · ΔE 6.1

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 4.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a3a5ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a3a5ae]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#a3a5ae (#a3a5ae) is rgb(163, 165, 174) in RGB.

No, #a3a5ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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