#a4aeb8

Color #a4aeb8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.62 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a4aeb8

RGB

rgb(164, 174, 184)

HSL

hsl(210, 12.3%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 10.9%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.9%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(70.61, -1.48, -6.31)

LCH

lch(70.61, 6.48, 256.8)

OKLCH

oklch(74.6%, 0.0183, 248.2)

HWB

hwb(210, 64.3%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8aea4

Analogous

#a4b8b8

#a4aeb8

#a4a4b8

Triadic

#a4aeb8

#b8a4ae

#aeb8a4

Split-complementary

#a4aeb8

#b8a4a4

#b8b8a4

Tetradic

#a4aeb8

#aea4b8

#b8aea4

#aeb8a4

Square

#a4aeb8

#b8a4b8

#b8aea4

#a4b8a4

Shades

Color #a4aeb8 mixed toward black.

#83919e

#667482

#4c5762

#333a41

#191d21

Tints

Color #a4aeb8 mixed toward white.

#b3bbc4

#c2c9d0

#d1d6db

#e1e4e7

#f0f1f3

Tones

Color #a4aeb8 mixed toward gray.

#a6aeb6

#a7aeb5

#a9aeb3

#abaeb1

#acaeb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a9b6 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#a8a7b5 · ΔE 6.5

Tritanopia

#a5b4b3 · ΔE 6.7

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 5.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a4aeb8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a4aeb8]

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#a4aeb8 (#a4aeb8) is rgb(164, 174, 184) in RGB.

No, #a4aeb8 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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