#a5a6a6

Color #a5a6a6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 1.26 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a5a6a6

RGB

rgb(165, 166, 166)

HSL

hsl(180, 0.6%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 0.6%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(68.04, -0.36, -0.13)

LCH

lch(68.04, 0.38, 199.86)

OKLCH

oklch(72.4%, 0.0011, 195.26)

HWB

hwb(180, 64.7%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6a5a5

Analogous

#a5a6a5

#a5a6a6

#a5a5a6

Triadic

#a5a6a6

#a6a5a6

#a6a6a5

Split-complementary

#a5a6a6

#a6a5a5

Tetradic

#a5a6a6

#a5a5a6

#a6a5a5

#a6a6a5

Square

#a5a6a6

#a5a5a6

#a6a5a5

#a5a6a5

Shades

Color #a5a6a6 mixed toward black.

#898b8b

#6e6f6f

#525353

#373737

#1b1c1c

Tints

Color #a5a6a6 mixed toward white.

#b4b5b5

#c3c4c4

#d2d3d3

#e1e1e1

#f0f0f0

Tones

Color #a5a6a6 mixed toward gray.

#a5a6a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5a6 · ΔE 0.9

Deuteranopia

#a5a5a6 · ΔE 0.9

Tritanopia

#a5a6a6 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 0.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a5a6a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5a6a6]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#a5a6a6 (#a5a6a6) is rgb(165, 166, 166) in RGB.

No, #a5a6a6 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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