#a1b7b7

Color #a1b7b7

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.7 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a1b7b7

RGB

rgb(161, 183, 183)

HSL

hsl(180, 13.3%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 12%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(12%, 0%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(72.8, -7.52, -2.55)

LCH

lch(72.8, 7.94, 198.73)

OKLCH

oklch(76.3%, 0.0242, 196.56)

HWB

hwb(180, 63.1%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b7a1a1

Analogous

#a1b7ac

#a1b7b7

#a1acb7

Triadic

#a1b7b7

#b7a1b7

#b7b7a1

Split-complementary

#a1b7b7

#b7a1ac

#b7aca1

Tetradic

#a1b7b7

#a1a1b7

#b7a1a1

#b7b7a1

Square

#a1b7b7

#aca1b7

#b7a1a1

#acb7a1

Shades

Color #a1b7b7 mixed toward black.

#819e9e

#638282

#4b6262

#324141

#192121

Tints

Color #a1b7b7 mixed toward white.

#b1c3c3

#c0cfcf

#d0dbdb

#e0e7e7

#eff3f3

Tones

Color #a1b7b7 mixed toward gray.

#a3b5b5

#a5b3b3

#a7b2b2

#a8b0b0

#aaaeae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababb7 · ΔE 12.6

Deuteranopia

#aaa8b7 · ΔE 14.5

Tritanopia

#a2b7b7 · ΔE 0.3

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 9.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a1b7b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a1b7b7]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#a1b7b7 (#a1b7b7) is rgb(161, 183, 183) in RGB.

No, #a1b7b7 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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