#a6a6af

Color #a6a6af

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.03 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a6a6af

RGB

rgb(166, 166, 175)

HSL

hsl(240, 5.3%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 5.1%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.1%, 5.1%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(68.37, 1.75, -4.63)

LCH

lch(68.37, 4.95, 290.71)

OKLCH

oklch(72.8%, 0.0129, 286.19)

HWB

hwb(240, 65.1%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afafa6

Analogous

#a6abaf

#a6a6af

#aba6af

Triadic

#a6a6af

#afa6a6

#a6afa6

Split-complementary

#a6a6af

#afaba6

#abafa6

Tetradic

#a6a6af

#afa6af

#afafa6

#a6afa6

Square

#a6a6af

#afa6ab

#afafa6

#a6afab

Shades

Color #a6a6af mixed toward black.

#888894

#6c6c78

#51515a

#36363c

#1b1b1e

Tints

Color #a6a6af mixed toward white.

#b5b5bc

#c4c4ca

#d3d3d7

#e1e1e4

#f0f0f2

Tones

Color #a6a6af mixed toward gray.

#a7a7ae

#a8a8ae

#a8a8ad

#a9a9ac

#aaaaab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a6ad · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#a6a6ac · ΔE 1.5

Tritanopia

#a6abab · ΔE 6.1

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 4.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a6a6af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6a6af]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a6a6af (#a6a6af) is rgb(166, 166, 175) in RGB.

No, #a6a6af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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