#a4a4b8

Color #a4a4b8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.1 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a4a4b8

RGB

rgb(164, 164, 184)

HSL

hsl(240, 12.3%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 10.9%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.9%, 10.9%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(67.95, 4, -10.27)

LCH

lch(67.95, 11.02, 291.28)

OKLCH

oklch(72.5%, 0.0288, 285.73)

HWB

hwb(240, 64.3%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8b8a4

Analogous

#a4aeb8

#a4a4b8

#aea4b8

Triadic

#a4a4b8

#b8a4a4

#a4b8a4

Split-complementary

#a4a4b8

#b8aea4

#aeb8a4

Tetradic

#a4a4b8

#b8a4b8

#b8b8a4

#a4b8a4

Square

#a4a4b8

#b8a4ae

#b8b8a4

#a4b8ae

Shades

Color #a4a4b8 mixed toward black.

#83839e

#666682

#4c4c62

#333341

#191921

Tints

Color #a4a4b8 mixed toward white.

#b3b3c4

#c2c2d0

#d1d1db

#e1e1e7

#f0f0f3

Tones

Color #a4a4b8 mixed toward gray.

#a6a6b6

#a7a7b5

#a9a9b3

#ababb1

#acacb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a4b3 · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#a4a4b2 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#a4b0af · ΔE 12.9

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 9.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a4a4b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a4a4b8]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a4a4b8 (#a4a4b8) is rgb(164, 164, 184) in RGB.

No, #a4a4b8 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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