#acabb9

Color #acabb9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.77 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#acabb9

RGB

rgb(172, 171, 185)

HSL

hsl(244.3, 9.1%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.3, 7.6%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(7%, 7.6%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(70.45, 3.08, -7.03)

LCH

lch(70.45, 7.68, 293.66)

OKLCH

oklch(74.6%, 0.0199, 289.07)

HWB

hwb(244.3, 67.1%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8b9ab

Analogous

#abb1b9

#acabb9

#b3abb9

Triadic

#acabb9

#b9acab

#abb9ac

Split-complementary

#acabb9

#b9b3ab

#b1b9ab

Tetradic

#acabb9

#b9abb8

#b8b9ab

#abb9ac

Square

#acabb9

#b9abb1

#b8b9ab

#abb9b3

Shades

Color #acabb9 mixed toward black.

#8c8b9e

#6d6c81

#525161

#373641

#1b1b20

Tints

Color #acabb9 mixed toward white.

#bab9c5

#c8c7d0

#d5d5dc

#e3e3e8

#f1f1f3

Tones

Color #acabb9 mixed toward gray.

#adacb8

#aeadb7

#afaeb5

#b0b0b4

#b1b1b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acacb6 · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#acacb5 · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#acb3b3 · ΔE 9.1

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 7.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #acabb9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#acabb9]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#acabb9 (#acabb9) is rgb(172, 171, 185) in RGB.

No, #acabb9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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