#a7a5b8

Color #a7a5b8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.53 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a7a5b8

RGB

rgb(167, 165, 184)

HSL

hsl(246.3, 11.8%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.3, 10.3%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.2%, 10.3%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(68.45, 4.47, -9.5)

LCH

lch(68.45, 10.5, 295.2)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.0272, 290.63)

HWB

hwb(246.3, 64.7%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6b8a5

Analogous

#a5acb8

#a7a5b8

#b0a5b8

Triadic

#a7a5b8

#b8a7a5

#a5b8a7

Split-complementary

#a7a5b8

#b8b0a5

#acb8a5

Tetradic

#a7a5b8

#b8a5b6

#b6b8a5

#a5b8a7

Square

#a7a5b8

#b8a5ac

#b6b8a5

#a5b8b0

Shades

Color #a7a5b8 mixed toward black.

#87849e

#696782

#4f4d62

#353341

#1a1a21

Tints

Color #a7a5b8 mixed toward white.

#b6b4c4

#c4c3d0

#d3d2db

#e2e1e7

#f0f0f3

Tones

Color #a7a5b8 mixed toward gray.

#a8a6b6

#a9a8b5

#abaab3

#acabb2

#adadb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a6b4 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#a6a6b3 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#a7b0af · ΔE 12.2

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 9.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a7a5b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a7a5b8]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a7a5b8 (#a7a5b8) is rgb(167, 165, 184) in RGB.

No, #a7a5b8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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