#a3a4ab

Color #a3a4ab

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.26 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a3a4ab

RGB

rgb(163, 164, 171)

HSL

hsl(232.5, 4.5%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.5, 4.7%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.7%, 4.1%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(67.48, 1.01, -3.74)

LCH

lch(67.48, 3.87, 285.11)

OKLCH

oklch(72%, 0.0101, 279.65)

HWB

hwb(232.5, 63.9%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#abaaa3

Analogous

#a3a8ab

#a3a4ab

#a6a3ab

Triadic

#a3a4ab

#aba3a4

#a4aba3

Split-complementary

#a3a4ab

#aba6a3

#a8aba3

Tetradic

#a3a4ab

#aaa3ab

#abaaa3

#a4aba3

Square

#a3a4ab

#aba3a8

#abaaa3

#a3aba6

Shades

Color #a3a4ab mixed toward black.

#868790

#6a6c74

#505157

#35363a

#1b1b1d

Tints

Color #a3a4ab mixed toward white.

#b2b3b9

#c2c2c7

#d1d2d5

#e0e1e3

#f0f0f1

Tones

Color #a3a4ab mixed toward gray.

#a4a5aa

#a5a6a9

#a6a6a8

#a6a7a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3a9 · ΔE 0.7

Deuteranopia

#a3a3a9 · ΔE 0.7

Tritanopia

#a3a8a8 · ΔE 4.9

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 3.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a3a4ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a3a4ab]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#a3a4ab (#a3a4ab) is rgb(163, 164, 171) in RGB.

No, #a3a4ab 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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