#acaab9

Color #acaab9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.31 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#acaab9

RGB

rgb(172, 170, 185)

HSL

hsl(248, 9.7%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248, 8.1%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(7%, 8.1%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(70.19, 3.62, -7.42)

LCH

lch(70.19, 8.26, 296.01)

OKLCH

oklch(74.4%, 0.0214, 291.9)

HWB

hwb(248, 66.7%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b7b9aa

Analogous

#aaafb9

#acaab9

#b3aab9

Triadic

#acaab9

#b9acaa

#aab9ac

Split-complementary

#acaab9

#b9b3aa

#afb9aa

Tetradic

#acaab9

#b9aab7

#b7b9aa

#aab9ac

Square

#acaab9

#b9aaaf

#b7b9aa

#aab9b3

Shades

Color #acaab9 mixed toward black.

#8c8a9e

#6e6b82

#525061

#373541

#1b1b20

Tints

Color #acaab9 mixed toward white.

#bab8c5

#c8c6d0

#d5d4dc

#e3e3e8

#f1f1f3

Tones

Color #acaab9 mixed toward gray.

#adabb8

#aeacb6

#afaeb5

#b0afb4

#b1b0b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababb6 · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#ababb5 · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#acb3b2 · ΔE 10.2

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 7.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #acaab9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#acaab9]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#acaab9 (#acaab9) is rgb(172, 170, 185) in RGB.

No, #acaab9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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