#a0aeb9

Color #a0aeb9

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.81 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a0aeb9

RGB

rgb(160, 174, 185)

HSL

hsl(206.4, 15.2%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(206.4, 13.5%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.5%, 5.9%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(70.35, -2.6, -7.28)

LCH

lch(70.35, 7.73, 250.35)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.0223, 241.37)

HWB

hwb(206.4, 62.7%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9aba0

Analogous

#a0b9b7

#a0aeb9

#a0a1b9

Triadic

#a0aeb9

#b9a0ae

#aeb9a0

Split-complementary

#a0aeb9

#b9a0a1

#b9b7a0

Tetradic

#a0aeb9

#aba0b9

#b9aba0

#aeb9a0

Square

#a0aeb9

#b7a0b9

#b9aba0

#a1b9a0

Shades

Color #a0aeb9 mixed toward black.

#7f92a1

#617584

#495863

#313b42

#181d21

Tints

Color #a0aeb9 mixed toward white.

#b0bbc5

#c0c9d0

#cfd6dc

#dfe4e8

#eff1f3

Tones

Color #a0aeb9 mixed toward gray.

#a2aeb7

#a4adb5

#a6adb3

#a8adb1

#aaadae

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

#a6a6b6 · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#a5a4b6 · ΔE 9

Tritanopia

#a1b4b4 · ΔE 6.6

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a0aeb9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a0aeb9]

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Frequently asked questions

#a0aeb9 (#a0aeb9) is rgb(160, 174, 185) in RGB.

No, #a0aeb9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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