#a1a9af

Color #a1a9af

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.39 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a1a9af

RGB

rgb(161, 169, 175)

HSL

hsl(205.7, 8%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(205.7, 8%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(8%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(68.79, -1.62, -4.06)

LCH

lch(68.79, 4.37, 248.25)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.0126, 239.97)

HWB

hwb(205.7, 63.1%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afa7a1

Analogous

#a1afae

#a1a9af

#a1a2af

Triadic

#a1a9af

#afa1a9

#a9afa1

Split-complementary

#a1a9af

#afa1a2

#afaea1

Tetradic

#a1a9af

#a7a1af

#afa7a1

#a9afa1

Square

#a1a9af

#aea1af

#afa7a1

#a2afa1

Shades

Color #a1a9af mixed toward black.

#838d95

#677179

#4d555b

#34393c

#1a1c1e

Tints

Color #a1a9af mixed toward white.

#b1b7bc

#c0c6ca

#d0d4d7

#e0e2e4

#eff1f2

Tones

Color #a1a9af mixed toward gray.

#a2a9ae

#a3a9ad

#a5a9ac

#a6a8aa

#a7a8a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5ae · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#a4a3ad · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#a1acac · ΔE 3.9

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 4.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a1a9af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a1a9af]

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Frequently asked questions

#a1a9af (#a1a9af) is rgb(161, 169, 175) in RGB.

No, #a1a9af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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