#a2a3ae

Color #a2a3ae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.4 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 1.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a2a3ae

RGB

rgb(162, 163, 174)

HSL

hsl(235, 6.9%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235, 6.9%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.9%, 6.3%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(67.23, 1.81, -5.8)

LCH

lch(67.23, 6.08, 287.33)

OKLCH

oklch(71.8%, 0.0158, 282.02)

HWB

hwb(235, 63.5%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeada2

Analogous

#a2a9ae

#a2a3ae

#a7a2ae

Triadic

#a2a3ae

#aea2a3

#a3aea2

Split-complementary

#a2a3ae

#aea7a2

#a9aea2

Tetradic

#a2a3ae

#ada2ae

#aeada2

#a3aea2

Square

#a2a3ae

#aea2a9

#aeada2

#a2aea7

Shades

Color #a2a3ae mixed toward black.

#848594

#686a78

#4e4f5a

#34353c

#1a1a1e

Tints

Color #a2a3ae mixed toward white.

#b2b2bc

#c1c2c9

#d1d1d7

#e0e0e4

#f0f0f2

Tones

Color #a2a3ae mixed toward gray.

#a3a4ad

#a4a5ac

#a5a6ab

#a6a6aa

#a7a7a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2ab · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#a2a2ab · ΔE 1

Tritanopia

#a2a9a9 · ΔE 7.3

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 5.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a2a3ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a2a3ae]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a2a3ae (#a2a3ae) is rgb(162, 163, 174) in RGB.

No, #a2a3ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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