#a6a6bb

Color #a6a6bb

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.55 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a6a6bb

RGB

rgb(166, 166, 187)

HSL

hsl(240, 13.4%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 11.2%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.2%, 11.2%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(68.73, 4.2, -10.75)

LCH

lch(68.73, 11.54, 291.34)

OKLCH

oklch(73.2%, 0.0301, 285.61)

HWB

hwb(240, 65.1%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bbbba6

Analogous

#a6b0bb

#a6a6bb

#b0a6bb

Triadic

#a6a6bb

#bba6a6

#a6bba6

Split-complementary

#a6a6bb

#bbb0a6

#b0bba6

Tetradic

#a6a6bb

#bba6bb

#bbbba6

#a6bba6

Square

#a6a6bb

#bba6b0

#bbbba6

#a6bbb0

Shades

Color #a6a6bb mixed toward black.

#8585a2

#666685

#4c4c64

#333343

#191921

Tints

Color #a6a6bb mixed toward white.

#b5b5c6

#c4c4d2

#d2d2dd

#e1e1e8

#f0f0f4

Tones

Color #a6a6bb mixed toward gray.

#a8a8b9

#a9a9b7

#ababb6

#adadb4

#afafb2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a6b6 · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#a6a6b5 · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#a6b2b1 · ΔE 13.2

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 9.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a6a6bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6a6bb]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a6a6bb (#a6a6bb) is rgb(166, 166, 187) in RGB.

No, #a6a6bb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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