#a6a3be

Color #a6a3be

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 13.12 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a6a3be

RGB

rgb(166, 163, 190)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 17.2%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 14.2%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.6%, 14.2%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(68.03, 6.5, -13.46)

LCH

lch(68.03, 14.95, 295.78)

OKLCH

oklch(72.7%, 0.0389, 290.49)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 63.9%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bbbea3

Analogous

#a3adbe

#a6a3be

#b3a3be

Triadic

#a6a3be

#bea6a3

#a3bea6

Split-complementary

#a6a3be

#beb3a3

#adbea3

Tetradic

#a6a3be

#bea3bb

#bbbea3

#a3bea6

Square

#a6a3be

#bea3ad

#bbbea3

#a3beb3

Shades

Color #a6a3be mixed toward black.

#8580a6

#66618a

#4c4967

#333145

#191822

Tints

Color #a6a3be mixed toward white.

#b5b2c9

#c4c2d4

#d2d1de

#e1e0e9

#f0f0f4

Tones

Color #a6a3be mixed toward gray.

#a8a5bc

#a9a7b9

#abaab7

#adacb5

#afaeb3

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

#a5a5b8 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#a5a5b6 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#a6b3b2 · ΔE 16.1

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 12.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a6a3be;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6a3be]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a6a3be (#a6a3be) is rgb(166, 163, 190) in RGB.

No, #a6a3be 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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