#a1afb3

Color #a1afb3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.65 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a1afb3

RGB

rgb(161, 175, 179)

HSL

hsl(193.3, 10.6%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.3, 10.1%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.1%, 2.2%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(70.52, -4.06, -3.72)

LCH

lch(70.52, 5.51, 222.5)

OKLCH

oklch(74.4%, 0.0167, 216.73)

HWB

hwb(193.3, 63.1%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3a5a1

Analogous

#a1b3ae

#a1afb3

#a1a6b3

Triadic

#a1afb3

#b3a1af

#afb3a1

Split-complementary

#a1afb3

#b3a1a6

#b3aea1

Tetradic

#a1afb3

#a5a1b3

#b3a5a1

#afb3a1

Square

#a1afb3

#aea1b3

#b3a5a1

#a6b3a1

Shades

Color #a1afb3 mixed toward black.

#82949a

#65787d

#4c5a5e

#333c3f

#191e1f

Tints

Color #a1afb3 mixed toward white.

#b1bcc0

#c0cacc

#d0d7d9

#e0e4e6

#eff2f2

Tones

Color #a1afb3 mixed toward gray.

#a3aeb2

#a4adb0

#a6adaf

#a7acad

#a9abac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7b2 · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#a6a5b2 · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#a2b1b1 · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 6.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a1afb3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a1afb3]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#a1afb3 (#a1afb3) is rgb(161, 175, 179) in RGB.

No, #a1afb3 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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