#aab8b6

Color #aab8b6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 6.62 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#aab8b6

RGB

rgb(170, 184, 182)

HSL

hsl(171.4, 9%, 69.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.4, 7.6%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.6%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(73.68, -5.22, -0.65)

LCH

lch(73.68, 5.26, 187.1)

OKLCH

oklch(77.1%, 0.0158, 186.54)

HWB

hwb(171.4, 66.7%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8aaac

Analogous

#aab8af

#aab8b6

#aab3b8

Triadic

#aab8b6

#b6aab8

#b8b6aa

Split-complementary

#aab8b6

#b8aab3

#b8afaa

Tetradic

#aab8b6

#aaacb8

#b8aaac

#b8b6aa

Square

#aab8b6

#afaab8

#b8aaac

#b3b8aa

Shades

Color #aab8b6 mixed toward black.

#8a9d9a

#6b817e

#51605e

#36403f

#1b201f

Tints

Color #aab8b6 mixed toward white.

#b8c4c2

#c6d0ce

#d4dbda

#e3e7e7

#f1f3f3

Tones

Color #aab8b6 mixed toward gray.

#abb7b5

#acb6b4

#adb4b3

#afb3b3

#b0b2b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0b6 · ΔE 8.6

Deuteranopia

#afaeb7 · ΔE 10.2

Tritanopia

#abb7b7 · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 6.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aab8b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aab8b6]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#aab8b6 (#aab8b6) is rgb(170, 184, 182) in RGB.

No, #aab8b6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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