#a0a5ab

Color #a0a5ab

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.13 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a0a5ab

RGB

rgb(160, 165, 171)

HSL

hsl(212.7, 6.1%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.7, 6.4%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.4%, 3.5%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(67.52, -0.59, -3.71)

LCH

lch(67.52, 3.76, 260.96)

OKLCH

oklch(72%, 0.0104, 252.61)

HWB

hwb(212.7, 62.7%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aba6a0

Analogous

#a0aaab

#a0a5ab

#a1a0ab

Triadic

#a0a5ab

#aba0a5

#a5aba0

Split-complementary

#a0a5ab

#aba1a0

#aaaba0

Tetradic

#a0a5ab

#a6a0ab

#aba6a0

#a5aba0

Square

#a0a5ab

#aba0aa

#aba6a0

#a0aba1

Shades

Color #a0a5ab mixed toward black.

#838991

#686e75

#4e5258

#34373b

#1a1b1d

Tints

Color #a0a5ab mixed toward white.

#b0b4b9

#c0c3c7

#d0d2d5

#dfe1e3

#eff0f1

Tones

Color #a0a5ab mixed toward gray.

#a1a5aa

#a2a5a9

#a3a5a8

#a4a5a7

#a5a5a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2aa · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#a2a2a9 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#a0a8a8 · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 3.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a0a5ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a0a5ab]

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Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

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Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#a0a5ab (#a0a5ab) is rgb(160, 165, 171) in RGB.

No, #a0a5ab is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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