#a1b3b9

Color #a1b3b9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.6 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a1b3b9

RGB

rgb(161, 179, 185)

HSL

hsl(195, 14.6%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195, 13%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(13%, 3.2%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(71.77, -4.97, -5.17)

LCH

lch(71.77, 7.17, 226.13)

OKLCH

oklch(75.5%, 0.0217, 219.77)

HWB

hwb(195, 63.1%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9a7a1

Analogous

#a1b9b3

#a1b3b9

#a1a7b9

Triadic

#a1b3b9

#b9a1b3

#b3b9a1

Split-complementary

#a1b3b9

#b9a1a7

#b9b3a1

Tetradic

#a1b3b9

#a7a1b9

#b9a7a1

#b3b9a1

Square

#a1b3b9

#b3a1b9

#b9a7a1

#a7b9a1

Shades

Color #a1b3b9 mixed toward black.

#8098a0

#627c84

#4a5d63

#313e42

#191f21

Tints

Color #a1b3b9 mixed toward white.

#b1c0c5

#c0ccd0

#d0d9dc

#e0e6e8

#eff2f3

Tones

Color #a1b3b9 mixed toward gray.

#a3b2b7

#a5b1b5

#a7b0b3

#a9afb1

#abaeaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9b8 · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#a8a7b7 · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#a2b6b6 · ΔE 3.4

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 7.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a1b3b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a1b3b9]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#a1b3b9 (#a1b3b9) is rgb(161, 179, 185) in RGB.

No, #a1b3b9 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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