#ababa9

Color #ababa9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 1.3 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ababa9

RGB

rgb(171, 171, 169)

HSL

hsl(60, 1.2%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 1.2%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(69.93, -0.38, 1.03)

LCH

lch(69.93, 1.1, 110.25)

OKLCH

oklch(74.1%, 0.0028, 106.5)

HWB

hwb(60, 66.3%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9a9ab

Analogous

#abaaa9

#ababa9

#aaaba9

Triadic

#ababa9

#a9abab

#aba9ab

Split-complementary

#ababa9

#a9aaab

#aaa9ab

Tetradic

#ababa9

#a9aba9

#a9a9ab

#aba9ab

Square

#ababa9

#a9abaa

#a9a9ab

#aba9aa

Shades

Color #ababa9 mixed toward black.

#8f8f8c

#737370

#565654

#393938

#1d1d1c

Tints

Color #ababa9 mixed toward white.

#b9b9b7

#c7c7c6

#d5d5d4

#e3e3e2

#f1f1f1

Tones

Color #ababa9 mixed toward gray.

#ababa9

#ababaa

#aaaaaa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababa9 · ΔE 0

Deuteranopia

#ababaa · ΔE 0.6

Tritanopia

#abaaaa · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 1.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ababa9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ababa9]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#ababa9 (#ababa9) is rgb(171, 171, 169) in RGB.

No, #ababa9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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