#a4adaf

Color #a4adaf

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.58 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#a4adaf

RGB

rgb(164, 173, 175)

HSL

hsl(190.9, 6.4%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190.9, 6.3%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.3%, 1.1%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(70.09, -2.76, -2.12)

LCH

lch(70.09, 3.48, 217.53)

OKLCH

oklch(74.1%, 0.0106, 212.64)

HWB

hwb(190.9, 64.3%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afa6a4

Analogous

#a4afac

#a4adaf

#a4a8af

Triadic

#a4adaf

#afa4ad

#adafa4

Split-complementary

#a4adaf

#afa4a8

#afaca4

Tetradic

#a4adaf

#a6a4af

#afa6a4

#adafa4

Square

#a4adaf

#aca4af

#afa6a4

#a8afa4

Shades

Color #a4adaf mixed toward black.

#869295

#6a7678

#4f585a

#353b3c

#1a1d1e

Tints

Color #a4adaf mixed toward white.

#b3bbbc

#c2c8ca

#d2d6d7

#e1e4e4

#f0f1f2

Tones

Color #a4adaf mixed toward gray.

#a5acae

#a6acad

#a7abac

#a8abab

#a9aaaa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8af · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#a7a7ae · ΔE 5.9

Tritanopia

#a4aeae · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 4.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a4adaf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a4adaf]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#a4adaf (#a4adaf) is rgb(164, 173, 175) in RGB.

No, #a4adaf 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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