#aeacbb

Color #aeacbb

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.41 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#aeacbb

RGB

rgb(174, 172, 187)

HSL

hsl(248, 9.9%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248, 8%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(7%, 8%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(70.93, 3.62, -7.4)

LCH

lch(70.93, 8.24, 296.07)

OKLCH

oklch(75.1%, 0.0214, 292)

HWB

hwb(248, 67.5%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9bbac

Analogous

#acb2bb

#aeacbb

#b6acbb

Triadic

#aeacbb

#bbaeac

#acbbae

Split-complementary

#aeacbb

#bbb6ac

#b2bbac

Tetradic

#aeacbb

#bbacb9

#b9bbac

#acbbae

Square

#aeacbb

#bbacb2

#b9bbac

#acbbb6

Shades

Color #aeacbb mixed toward black.

#8e8ba0

#6f6c84

#535163

#373642

#1c1b21

Tints

Color #aeacbb mixed toward white.

#bcbac6

#c9c8d2

#d7d6dd

#e4e3e8

#f2f1f4

Tones

Color #aeacbb mixed toward gray.

#afadba

#b0afb9

#b1b0b7

#b2b1b6

#b3b2b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adadb8 · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#adadb7 · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#aeb5b4 · ΔE 10.1

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 7.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aeacbb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aeacbb]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aeacbb (#aeacbb) is rgb(174, 172, 187) in RGB.

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

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