#a4afb7

Color #a4afb7

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.06 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a4afb7

RGB

rgb(164, 175, 183)

HSL

hsl(205.3, 11.7%, 68%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(205.3, 10.4%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.4%, 4.4%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(70.85, -2.22, -5.4)

LCH

lch(70.85, 5.84, 247.65)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.0169, 239.04)

HWB

hwb(205.3, 64.3%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b7aca4

Analogous

#a4b7b5

#a4afb7

#a4a5b7

Triadic

#a4afb7

#b7a4af

#afb7a4

Split-complementary

#a4afb7

#b7a4a5

#b7b5a4

Tetradic

#a4afb7

#aca4b7

#b7aca4

#afb7a4

Square

#a4afb7

#b5a4b7

#b7aca4

#a5b7a4

Shades

Color #a4afb7 mixed toward black.

#84939d

#667681

#4d5861

#333b41

#1a1d20

Tints

Color #a4afb7 mixed toward white.

#b3bcc3

#c2cacf

#d1d7db

#e1e4e7

#f0f2f3

Tones

Color #a4afb7 mixed toward gray.

#a5afb5

#a7aeb4

#a9aeb2

#aaaeb1

#acaeaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9b5 · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#a8a7b5 · ΔE 7.6

Tritanopia

#a5b4b3 · ΔE 5.5

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 5.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a4afb7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a4afb7]

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Frequently asked questions

#a4afb7 (#a4afb7) is rgb(164, 175, 183) in RGB.

No, #a4afb7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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