#a4aeaf

Color #a4aeaf

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.89 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a4aeaf

RGB

rgb(164, 174, 175)

HSL

hsl(185.5, 6.4%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.5, 6.3%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.3%, 0.6%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(70.36, -3.3, -1.72)

LCH

lch(70.36, 3.72, 207.53)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.0114, 203.86)

HWB

hwb(185.5, 64.3%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afa5a4

Analogous

#a4afab

#a4aeaf

#a4a9af

Triadic

#a4aeaf

#afa4ae

#aeafa4

Split-complementary

#a4aeaf

#afa4a9

#afaba4

Tetradic

#a4aeaf

#a5a4af

#afa5a4

#aeafa4

Square

#a4aeaf

#aba4af

#afa5a4

#a9afa4

Shades

Color #a4aeaf mixed toward black.

#869395

#6a7778

#4f595a

#353b3c

#1a1e1e

Tints

Color #a4aeaf mixed toward white.

#b3bcbc

#c2c9ca

#d2d7d7

#e1e4e4

#f0f2f2

Tones

Color #a4aeaf mixed toward gray.

#a5adae

#a6adad

#a7acac

#a8abab

#a9aaaa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a9af · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#a8a7af · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#a5afaf · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 4.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a4aeaf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a4aeaf]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#a4aeaf (#a4aeaf) is rgb(164, 174, 175) in RGB.

No, #a4aeaf is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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