#aeb9ba

Color #aeb9ba

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 5.26 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#aeb9ba

RGB

rgb(174, 185, 186)

HSL

hsl(185, 8%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185, 6.5%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(74.34, -3.61, -1.82)

LCH

lch(74.34, 4.04, 206.76)

OKLCH

oklch(77.8%, 0.0123, 203.44)

HWB

hwb(185, 68.2%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#baafae

Analogous

#aebab5

#aeb9ba

#aeb3ba

Triadic

#aeb9ba

#baaeb9

#b9baae

Split-complementary

#aeb9ba

#baaeb3

#bab5ae

Tetradic

#aeb9ba

#afaeba

#baafae

#b9baae

Square

#aeb9ba

#b5aeba

#baafae

#b3baae

Shades

Color #aeb9ba mixed toward black.

#8e9d9e

#6e8082

#536061

#374041

#1c2020

Tints

Color #aeb9ba mixed toward white.

#bcc5c6

#c9d0d1

#d7dcdd

#e4e8e8

#f2f3f4

Tones

Color #aeb9ba mixed toward gray.

#afb8b9

#b0b7b8

#b1b7b7

#b2b6b6

#b3b5b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3ba · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#b2b1ba · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#afbaba · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 5.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aeb9ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aeb9ba]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#aeb9ba (#aeb9ba) is rgb(174, 185, 186) in RGB.

No, #aeb9ba is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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