#aaaaba

Color #aaaaba

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.8 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#aaaaba

RGB

rgb(170, 170, 186)

HSL

hsl(240, 10.4%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 8.6%, 72.9%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(70.06, 3.15, -8.18)

LCH

lch(70.06, 8.77, 291.06)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.0228, 285.81)

HWB

hwb(240, 66.7%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#babaaa

Analogous

#aab2ba

#aaaaba

#b2aaba

Triadic

#aaaaba

#baaaaa

#aabaaa

Split-complementary

#aaaaba

#bab2aa

#b2baaa

Tetradic

#aaaaba

#baaaba

#babaaa

#aabaaa

Square

#aaaaba

#baaab2

#babaaa

#aabab2

Shades

Color #aaaaba mixed toward black.

#89899f

#6a6a83

#505062

#353542

#1b1b21

Tints

Color #aaaaba mixed toward white.

#b8b8c5

#c6c6d1

#d4d4dc

#e3e3e8

#f1f1f3

Tones

Color #aaaaba mixed toward gray.

#ababb9

#adadb7

#aeaeb6

#afafb5

#b1b1b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaab6 · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#aaaab5 · ΔE 2.2

Tritanopia

#aab3b3 · ΔE 10.1

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 7.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aaaaba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaaaba]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#aaaaba (#aaaaba) is rgb(170, 170, 186) in RGB.

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

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