#a1a5a5

Color #a1a5a5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 2.35 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a1a5a5

RGB

rgb(161, 165, 165)

HSL

hsl(180, 2.2%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 2.4%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(67.43, -1.42, -0.5)

LCH

lch(67.43, 1.51, 199.4)

OKLCH

oklch(71.9%, 0.0046, 196.46)

HWB

hwb(180, 63.1%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5a1a1

Analogous

#a1a5a3

#a1a5a5

#a1a3a5

Triadic

#a1a5a5

#a5a1a5

#a5a5a1

Split-complementary

#a1a5a5

#a5a1a3

#a5a3a1

Tetradic

#a1a5a5

#a1a1a5

#a5a1a1

#a5a5a1

Square

#a1a5a5

#a3a1a5

#a5a1a1

#a3a5a1

Shades

Color #a1a5a5 mixed toward black.

#858a8a

#6a6f6f

#505353

#353838

#1b1c1c

Tints

Color #a1a5a5 mixed toward white.

#b1b4b4

#c0c3c3

#d0d2d2

#e0e1e1

#eff0f0

Tones

Color #a1a5a5 mixed toward gray.

#a1a5a5

#a2a4a4

#a3a3a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3a5 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#a3a2a5 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#a1a5a5 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 2.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a1a5a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a1a5a5]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#a1a5a5 (#a1a5a5) is rgb(161, 165, 165) in RGB.

No, #a1a5a5 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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