#a5a2b6

Color #a5a2b6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.26 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a5a2b6

RGB

rgb(165, 162, 182)

HSL

hsl(249, 12%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249, 11%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.3%, 11%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(67.44, 5.03, -9.91)

LCH

lch(67.44, 11.11, 296.91)

OKLCH

oklch(72.1%, 0.0289, 292.57)

HWB

hwb(249, 63.5%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3b6a2

Analogous

#a2a9b6

#a5a2b6

#afa2b6

Triadic

#a5a2b6

#b6a5a2

#a2b6a5

Split-complementary

#a5a2b6

#b6afa2

#a9b6a2

Tetradic

#a5a2b6

#b6a2b3

#b3b6a2

#a2b6a5

Square

#a5a2b6

#b6a2a9

#b3b6a2

#a2b6af

Shades

Color #a5a2b6 mixed toward black.

#86829d

#696581

#4f4c60

#353240

#1a1920

Tints

Color #a5a2b6 mixed toward white.

#b4b2c2

#c3c1ce

#d2d1db

#e1e0e7

#f0f0f3

Tones

Color #a5a2b6 mixed toward gray.

#a6a4b4

#a7a5b3

#a9a7b1

#aaa9af

#abaaae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a4b1 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#a4a4b0 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#a5aead · ΔE 12.9

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 9.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a5a2b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5a2b6]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a5a2b6 (#a5a2b6) is rgb(165, 162, 182) in RGB.

No, #a5a2b6 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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