#acabb6

Color #acabb6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.14 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#acabb6

RGB

rgb(172, 171, 182)

HSL

hsl(245.5, 7%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.5, 6%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.5%, 6%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(70.37, 2.48, -5.5)

LCH

lch(70.37, 6.03, 294.27)

OKLCH

oklch(74.6%, 0.0157, 290.17)

HWB

hwb(245.5, 67.1%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5b6ab

Analogous

#abafb6

#acabb6

#b1abb6

Triadic

#acabb6

#b6acab

#abb6ac

Split-complementary

#acabb6

#b6b1ab

#afb6ab

Tetradic

#acabb6

#b6abb5

#b5b6ab

#abb6ac

Square

#acabb6

#b6abaf

#b5b6ab

#abb6b1

Shades

Color #acabb6 mixed toward black.

#8d8b9b

#6f6d7e

#53525e

#37373f

#1c1b1f

Tints

Color #acabb6 mixed toward white.

#bab9c2

#c8c7ce

#d5d5da

#e3e3e7

#f1f1f3

Tones

Color #acabb6 mixed toward gray.

#adacb5

#adadb4

#aeaeb3

#afafb2

#b0b0b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acacb3 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#acacb3 · ΔE 2.1

Tritanopia

#acb1b1 · ΔE 7.2

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 5.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #acabb6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#acabb6]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#acabb6 (#acabb6) is rgb(172, 171, 182) in RGB.

No, #acabb6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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