#a5b5b7

Color #a5b5b7

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.75 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a5b5b7

RGB

rgb(165, 181, 183)

HSL

hsl(186.7, 11.1%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.7, 9.8%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.8%, 1.1%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(72.54, -5.12, -2.91)

LCH

lch(72.54, 5.89, 209.61)

OKLCH

oklch(76.1%, 0.018, 205.71)

HWB

hwb(186.7, 64.7%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b7a7a5

Analogous

#a5b7b0

#a5b5b7

#a5acb7

Triadic

#a5b5b7

#b7a5b5

#b5b7a5

Split-complementary

#a5b5b7

#b7a5ac

#b7b0a5

Tetradic

#a5b5b7

#a7a5b7

#b7a7a5

#b5b7a5

Square

#a5b5b7

#b0a5b7

#b7a7a5

#acb7a5

Shades

Color #a5b5b7 mixed toward black.

#859a9d

#677e81

#4d5e61

#343f40

#1a1f20

Tints

Color #a5b5b7 mixed toward white.

#b4c1c3

#c3cecf

#d2dadb

#e1e6e7

#f0f3f3

Tones

Color #a5b5b7 mixed toward gray.

#a6b4b5

#a8b3b4

#a9b1b2

#abb0b1

#acafaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acacb7 · ΔE 9.8

Deuteranopia

#abaab6 · ΔE 10.7

Tritanopia

#a6b6b6 · ΔE 1.1

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 6.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a5b5b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5b5b7]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#a5b5b7 (#a5b5b7) is rgb(165, 181, 183) in RGB.

No, #a5b5b7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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