#aaa8ba

Color #aaa8ba

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.92 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa8ba

RGB

rgb(170, 168, 186)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 11.5%, 69.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 9.7%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.6%, 9.7%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(69.54, 4.24, -8.96)

LCH

lch(69.54, 9.91, 295.32)

OKLCH

oklch(73.9%, 0.0258, 290.89)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 65.9%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8baa8

Analogous

#a8afba

#aaa8ba

#b3a8ba

Triadic

#aaa8ba

#baaaa8

#a8baaa

Split-complementary

#aaa8ba

#bab3a8

#afbaa8

Tetradic

#aaa8ba

#baa8b8

#b8baa8

#a8baaa

Square

#aaa8ba

#baa8af

#b8baa8

#a8bab3

Shades

Color #aaa8ba mixed toward black.

#8a87a0

#6b6884

#514e63

#363442

#1b1a21

Tints

Color #aaa8ba mixed toward white.

#b8b6c5

#c6c5d1

#d5d3dc

#e3e2e8

#f1f0f3

Tones

Color #aaa8ba mixed toward gray.

#aba9b8

#acabb7

#adacb5

#afaeb4

#b0afb2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9b6 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#a9a9b5 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#aab2b2 · ΔE 11.1

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 8.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa8ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa8ba]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aaa8ba (#aaa8ba) is rgb(170, 168, 186) in RGB.

No, #aaa8ba is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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