#acaaba

Color #acaaba

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.85 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#acaaba

RGB

rgb(172, 170, 186)

HSL

hsl(247.5, 10.4%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.5, 8.6%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.5%, 8.6%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(70.22, 3.83, -7.92)

LCH

lch(70.22, 8.8, 295.81)

OKLCH

oklch(74.5%, 0.0228, 291.61)

HWB

hwb(247.5, 66.7%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8baaa

Analogous

#aab0ba

#acaaba

#b4aaba

Triadic

#acaaba

#baacaa

#aabaac

Split-complementary

#acaaba

#bab4aa

#b0baaa

Tetradic

#acaaba

#baaab8

#b8baaa

#aabaac

Square

#acaaba

#baaab0

#b8baaa

#aabab4

Shades

Color #acaaba mixed toward black.

#8c899f

#6d6a83

#525062

#373542

#1b1b21

Tints

Color #acaaba mixed toward white.

#bab8c5

#c8c6d1

#d5d4dc

#e3e3e8

#f1f1f3

Tones

Color #acaaba mixed toward gray.

#adabb9

#aeadb7

#afaeb6

#b0afb5

#b1b1b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababb6 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#ababb5 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#acb3b3 · ΔE 10.1

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #acaaba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#acaaba]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#acaaba (#acaaba) is rgb(172, 170, 186) in RGB.

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

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