#a6a4b4

Color #a6a4b4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.94 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a6a4b4

RGB

rgb(166, 164, 180)

HSL

hsl(247.5, 9.6%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.5, 8.9%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.8%, 8.9%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(67.99, 3.85, -7.97)

LCH

lch(67.99, 8.85, 295.78)

OKLCH

oklch(72.5%, 0.023, 291.66)

HWB

hwb(247.5, 64.3%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b2b4a4

Analogous

#a4aab4

#a6a4b4

#aea4b4

Triadic

#a6a4b4

#b4a6a4

#a4b4a6

Split-complementary

#a6a4b4

#b4aea4

#aab4a4

Tetradic

#a6a4b4

#b4a4b2

#b2b4a4

#a4b4a6

Square

#a6a4b4

#b4a4aa

#b2b4a4

#a4b4ae

Shades

Color #a6a4b4 mixed toward black.

#87859a

#6a687e

#504e5e

#35343f

#1b1a1f

Tints

Color #a6a4b4 mixed toward white.

#b5b3c1

#c4c2cd

#d3d2da

#e1e1e6

#f0f0f3

Tones

Color #a6a4b4 mixed toward gray.

#a7a5b3

#a8a7b1

#a9a8b0

#aaa9af

#ababad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5b0 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#a5a5af · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#a6adad · ΔE 10.2

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 8.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a6a4b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6a4b4]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a6a4b4 (#a6a4b4) is rgb(166, 164, 180) in RGB.

No, #a6a4b4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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