#a5bbbd

Color #a5bbbd

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 8.61 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a5bbbd

RGB

rgb(165, 187, 189)

HSL

hsl(185, 15.4%, 69.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185, 12.7%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.7%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(74.33, -7.08, -3.56)

LCH

lch(74.33, 7.92, 206.69)

OKLCH

oklch(77.6%, 0.0243, 203.29)

HWB

hwb(185, 64.7%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bda7a5

Analogous

#a5bdb3

#a5bbbd

#a5afbd

Triadic

#a5bbbd

#bda5bb

#bbbda5

Split-complementary

#a5bbbd

#bda5af

#bdb3a5

Tetradic

#a5bbbd

#a7a5bd

#bda7a5

#bbbda5

Square

#a5bbbd

#b3a5bd

#bda7a5

#afbda5

Shades

Color #a5bbbd mixed toward black.

#83a1a4

#648588

#4b6466

#324344

#192122

Tints

Color #a5bbbd mixed toward white.

#b4c6c8

#c3d2d3

#d2ddde

#e1e8e9

#f0f4f4

Tones

Color #a5bbbd mixed toward gray.

#a7b9bb

#a9b8b9

#abb6b7

#adb4b5

#afb3b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afafbd · ΔE 12.6

Deuteranopia

#aeacbc · ΔE 14.2

Tritanopia

#a6bcbc · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 8.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a5bbbd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5bbbd]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#a5bbbd (#a5bbbd) is rgb(165, 187, 189) in RGB.

No, #a5bbbd 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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