#a9a8b4

Color #a9a8b4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.6 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#a9a8b4

RGB

rgb(169, 168, 180)

HSL

hsl(245, 7.4%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245, 6.7%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.1%, 6.7%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(69.28, 2.69, -6.03)

LCH

lch(69.28, 6.6, 294.04)

OKLCH

oklch(73.6%, 0.0171, 289.81)

HWB

hwb(245, 65.9%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3b4a8

Analogous

#a8adb4

#a9a8b4

#afa8b4

Triadic

#a9a8b4

#b4a9a8

#a8b4a9

Split-complementary

#a9a8b4

#b4afa8

#adb4a8

Tetradic

#a9a8b4

#b4a8b3

#b3b4a8

#a8b4a9

Square

#a9a8b4

#b4a8ad

#b3b4a8

#a8b4af

Shades

Color #a9a8b4 mixed toward black.

#8a8999

#6d6b7d

#52515d

#36363e

#1b1b1f

Tints

Color #a9a8b4 mixed toward white.

#b7b6c0

#c6c5cd

#d4d3d9

#e2e2e6

#f1f0f2

Tones

Color #a9a8b4 mixed toward gray.

#aaa9b3

#abaab2

#ababb1

#acacb0

#adadaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9b1 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#a9a9b1 · ΔE 2.1

Tritanopia

#a9afae · ΔE 8.4

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9a8b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9a8b4]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a9a8b4 (#a9a8b4) is rgb(169, 168, 180) in RGB.

No, #a9a8b4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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