#a4a3ba

Color #a4a3ba

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 12.78 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a4a3ba

RGB

rgb(164, 163, 186)

HSL

hsl(242.6, 14.3%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.6, 12.4%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.8%, 12.4%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(67.75, 4.98, -11.68)

LCH

lch(67.75, 12.7, 293.09)

OKLCH

oklch(72.4%, 0.033, 287.61)

HWB

hwb(242.6, 63.9%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9baa3

Analogous

#a3adba

#a4a3ba

#afa3ba

Triadic

#a4a3ba

#baa4a3

#a3baa4

Split-complementary

#a4a3ba

#baafa3

#adbaa3

Tetradic

#a4a3ba

#baa3b9

#b9baa3

#a3baa4

Square

#a4a3ba

#baa3ad

#b9baa3

#a3baaf

Shades

Color #a4a3ba mixed toward black.

#8382a1

#656485

#4c4b64

#333242

#191921

Tints

Color #a4a3ba mixed toward white.

#b3b2c5

#c2c2d1

#d1d1dc

#e1e0e8

#f0f0f3

Tones

Color #a4a3ba mixed toward gray.

#a6a5b8

#a7a7b6

#a9a9b4

#ababb2

#adacb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a4b5 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#a4a4b3 · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#a4b1b0 · ΔE 14.5

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 10.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a4a3ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a4a3ba]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a4a3ba (#a4a3ba) is rgb(164, 163, 186) in RGB.

No, #a4a3ba 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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