#a4a4ae

Color #a4a4ae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.73 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a4a4ae

RGB

rgb(164, 164, 174)

HSL

hsl(240, 5.8%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 5.7%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.7%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(67.65, 1.95, -5.15)

LCH

lch(67.65, 5.51, 290.74)

OKLCH

oklch(72.2%, 0.0144, 286.16)

HWB

hwb(240, 64.3%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeaea4

Analogous

#a4a9ae

#a4a4ae

#a9a4ae

Triadic

#a4a4ae

#aea4a4

#a4aea4

Split-complementary

#a4a4ae

#aea9a4

#a9aea4

Tetradic

#a4a4ae

#aea4ae

#aeaea4

#a4aea4

Square

#a4a4ae

#aea4a9

#aeaea4

#a4aea9

Shades

Color #a4a4ae mixed toward black.

#868694

#6a6a77

#505059

#35353c

#1b1b1e

Tints

Color #a4a4ae mixed toward white.

#b3b3bc

#c2c2c9

#d2d2d7

#e1e1e4

#f0f0f2

Tones

Color #a4a4ae mixed toward gray.

#a5a5ad

#a6a6ac

#a7a7ac

#a7a7ab

#a8a8aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a4ac · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#a4a4ab · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#a4aaa9 · ΔE 7.3

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 5.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a4a4ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a4a4ae]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a4a4ae (#a4a4ae) is rgb(164, 164, 174) in RGB.

No, #a4a4ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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