#a5a1ae

Color #a5a1ae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.71 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a5a1ae

RGB

rgb(165, 161, 174)

HSL

hsl(258.5, 7.4%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.5, 7.5%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.2%, 7.5%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(66.93, 3.95, -6.2)

LCH

lch(66.93, 7.35, 302.5)

OKLCH

oklch(71.6%, 0.0191, 299.78)

HWB

hwb(258.5, 63.1%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aaaea1

Analogous

#a1a4ae

#a5a1ae

#aca1ae

Triadic

#a5a1ae

#aea5a1

#a1aea5

Split-complementary

#a5a1ae

#aeaca1

#a4aea1

Tetradic

#a5a1ae

#aea1aa

#aaaea1

#a1aea5

Square

#a5a1ae

#aea1a4

#aaaea1

#a1aeac

Shades

Color #a5a1ae mixed toward black.

#888394

#6d6778

#514e5a

#36343c

#1b1a1e

Tints

Color #a5a1ae mixed toward white.

#b4b1bc

#c3c0c9

#d2d0d7

#e1e0e4

#f0eff2

Tones

Color #a5a1ae mixed toward gray.

#a5a2ad

#a6a3ac

#a6a4ab

#a7a5aa

#a7a6a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3ab · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#a4a4aa · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#a5a9a8 · ΔE 9.1

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 7.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a5a1ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5a1ae]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#a5a1ae (#a5a1ae) is rgb(165, 161, 174) in RGB.

No, #a5a1ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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