#a9afaf

Color #a9afaf

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 2.84 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a9afaf

RGB

rgb(169, 175, 175)

HSL

hsl(180, 3.6%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 3.4%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(71, -2.11, -0.73)

LCH

lch(71, 2.23, 199.08)

OKLCH

oklch(74.9%, 0.0068, 197.1)

HWB

hwb(180, 66.3%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afa9a9

Analogous

#a9afac

#a9afaf

#a9acaf

Triadic

#a9afaf

#afa9af

#afafa9

Split-complementary

#a9afaf

#afa9ac

#afaca9

Tetradic

#a9afaf

#a9a9af

#afa9a9

#afafa9

Square

#a9afaf

#aca9af

#afa9a9

#acafa9

Shades

Color #a9afaf mixed toward black.

#8b9393

#6f7777

#535959

#373b3b

#1c1e1e

Tints

Color #a9afaf mixed toward white.

#b7bcbc

#c6caca

#d4d7d7

#e2e4e4

#f1f2f2

Tones

Color #a9afaf mixed toward gray.

#aaafaf

#aaaeae

#abaeae

#abadad

#acadad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acacaf · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#ababaf · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#a9afaf · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9afaf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9afaf]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#a9afaf (#a9afaf) is rgb(169, 175, 175) in RGB.

No, #a9afaf is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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