#a1b3ae

Color #a1b3ae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.56 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a1b3ae

RGB

rgb(161, 179, 174)

HSL

hsl(163.3, 10.6%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(163.3, 10.1%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 2.8%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(71.47, -7.21, 0.43)

LCH

lch(71.47, 7.22, 176.59)

OKLCH

oklch(75.1%, 0.0212, 177.3)

HWB

hwb(163.3, 63.1%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3a1a6

Analogous

#a1b3a5

#a1b3ae

#a1afb3

Triadic

#a1b3ae

#aea1b3

#b3aea1

Split-complementary

#a1b3ae

#b3a1af

#b3a5a1

Tetradic

#a1b3ae

#a1a6b3

#b3a1a6

#b3aea1

Square

#a1b3ae

#a5a1b3

#b3a1a6

#afb3a1

Shades

Color #a1b3ae mixed toward black.

#829a93

#657d77

#4c5e59

#333f3b

#191f1e

Tints

Color #a1b3ae mixed toward white.

#b1c0bc

#c0ccc9

#d0d9d7

#e0e6e4

#eff2f2

Tones

Color #a1b3ae mixed toward gray.

#a3b2ad

#a4b0ad

#a6afac

#a7adab

#a9acab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9af · ΔE 10.9

Deuteranopia

#a8a7b0 · ΔE 12.4

Tritanopia

#a2b0b0 · ΔE 3.2

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 8.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a1b3ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a1b3ae]

Related colors

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Turquoise #40e0d0

Mint Cream #f5fffa

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Frequently asked questions

#a1b3ae (#a1b3ae) is rgb(161, 179, 174) in RGB.

No, #a1b3ae 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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