#a9a8b2

Color #a9a8b2

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.51 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a9a8b2

RGB

rgb(169, 168, 178)

HSL

hsl(246, 6.1%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246, 5.6%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.1%, 5.6%, 0%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(69.22, 2.29, -5.01)

LCH

lch(69.22, 5.51, 294.56)

OKLCH

oklch(73.6%, 0.0143, 290.46)

HWB

hwb(246, 65.9%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1b2a8

Analogous

#a8acb2

#a9a8b2

#aea8b2

Triadic

#a9a8b2

#b2a9a8

#a8b2a9

Split-complementary

#a9a8b2

#b2aea8

#acb2a8

Tetradic

#a9a8b2

#b2a8b1

#b1b2a8

#a8b2a9

Square

#a9a8b2

#b2a8ac

#b1b2a8

#a8b2ae

Shades

Color #a9a8b2 mixed toward black.

#8b8997

#6e6c7a

#52515c

#37363d

#1b1b1f

Tints

Color #a9a8b2 mixed toward white.

#b7b6bf

#c6c5cc

#d4d3d8

#e2e2e5

#f1f0f2

Tones

Color #a9a8b2 mixed toward gray.

#aaa9b1

#aaaab0

#abaaaf

#acabaf

#acacae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9b0 · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#a9a9af · ΔE 2.1

Tritanopia

#a9aead · ΔE 7.3

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9a8b2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9a8b2]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a9a8b2 (#a9a8b2) is rgb(169, 168, 178) in RGB.

No, #a9a8b2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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