#a3a3bb

Color #a3a3bb

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 12.71 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a3a3bb

RGB

rgb(163, 163, 187)

HSL

hsl(240, 15%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 12.8%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.8%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(67.7, 4.86, -12.32)

LCH

lch(67.7, 13.24, 291.53)

OKLCH

oklch(72.3%, 0.0345, 285.44)

HWB

hwb(240, 63.9%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bbbba3

Analogous

#a3afbb

#a3a3bb

#afa3bb

Triadic

#a3a3bb

#bba3a3

#a3bba3

Split-complementary

#a3a3bb

#bbafa3

#afbba3

Tetradic

#a3a3bb

#bba3bb

#bbbba3

#a3bba3

Square

#a3a3bb

#bba3af

#bbbba3

#a3bbaf

Shades

Color #a3a3bb mixed toward black.

#8181a2

#636386

#4a4a65

#323243

#191922

Tints

Color #a3a3bb mixed toward white.

#b2b2c6

#c2c2d2

#d1d1dd

#e0e0e8

#f0f0f4

Tones

Color #a3a3bb mixed toward gray.

#a5a5b9

#a7a7b7

#a9a9b5

#ababb3

#adadb1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3b6 · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#a3a3b4 · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#a3b1b0 · ΔE 14.8

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 10.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a3a3bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a3a3bb]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a3a3bb (#a3a3bb) is rgb(163, 163, 187) in RGB.

No, #a3a3bb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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