#a1afae

Color #a1afae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.32 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a1afae

RGB

rgb(161, 175, 174)

HSL

hsl(175.7, 8%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(175.7, 8%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(8%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(70.38, -5.07, -1.16)

LCH

lch(70.38, 5.2, 192.89)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.0157, 191.74)

HWB

hwb(175.7, 63.1%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afa1a2

Analogous

#a1afa7

#a1afae

#a1a9af

Triadic

#a1afae

#aea1af

#afaea1

Split-complementary

#a1afae

#afa1a9

#afa7a1

Tetradic

#a1afae

#a1a2af

#afa1a2

#afaea1

Square

#a1afae

#a7a1af

#afa1a2

#a9afa1

Shades

Color #a1afae mixed toward black.

#839594

#677978

#4d5b5a

#343c3c

#1a1e1e

Tints

Color #a1afae mixed toward white.

#b1bcbc

#c0cac9

#d0d7d7

#e0e4e4

#eff2f2

Tones

Color #a1afae mixed toward gray.

#a2aead

#a3adac

#a5acab

#a6aaaa

#a7a9a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7ae · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#a6a5ae · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#a2aeae · ΔE 1.1

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 6.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a1afae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a1afae]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Turquoise #40e0d0

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#a1afae (#a1afae) is rgb(161, 175, 174) in RGB.

No, #a1afae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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