#a4c7c9

Color #a4c7c9

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Light Blue #add8e6 · ΔE 8.9 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a4c7c9

RGB

rgb(164, 199, 201)

HSL

hsl(183.2, 25.5%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.2, 18.4%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.4%, 1%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(77.85, -11.18, -4.88)

LCH

lch(77.85, 12.2, 203.58)

OKLCH

oklch(80.5%, 0.0375, 200.75)

HWB

hwb(183.2, 64.3%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9a6a4

Analogous

#a4c9b9

#a4c7c9

#a4b5c9

Triadic

#a4c7c9

#c9a4c7

#c7c9a4

Split-complementary

#a4c7c9

#c9a4b5

#c9b9a4

Tetradic

#a4c7c9

#a6a4c9

#c9a6a4

#c7c9a4

Square

#a4c7c9

#b9a4c9

#c9a6a4

#b5c9a4

Shades

Color #a4c7c9 mixed toward black.

#7eb0b2

#5b9599

#447073

#2d4b4c

#172526

Tints

Color #a4c7c9 mixed toward white.

#b3d0d2

#c2dadb

#d2e3e4

#e1eced

#f0f6f6

Tones

Color #a4c7c9 mixed toward gray.

#a7c4c6

#aac2c3

#adbfc0

#b0bcbd

#b4b9ba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b5c9 · ΔE 17.2

Deuteranopia

#b2afc8 · ΔE 20.1

Tritanopia

#a6c8c8 · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#c0c0c0 · ΔE 12.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a4c7c9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a4c7c9]

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Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#a4c7c9 (#a4c7c9) is rgb(164, 199, 201) in RGB.

No, #a4c7c9 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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