#a6a4b5

Color #a6a4b5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.49 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a6a4b5

RGB

rgb(166, 164, 181)

HSL

hsl(247.1, 10.3%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.1, 9.4%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.3%, 9.4%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(68.02, 4.06, -8.49)

LCH

lch(68.02, 9.41, 295.56)

OKLCH

oklch(72.6%, 0.0244, 291.1)

HWB

hwb(247.1, 64.3%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3b5a4

Analogous

#a4aab5

#a6a4b5

#aea4b5

Triadic

#a6a4b5

#b5a6a4

#a4b5a6

Split-complementary

#a6a4b5

#b5aea4

#aab5a4

Tetradic

#a6a4b5

#b5a4b3

#b3b5a4

#a4b5a6

Square

#a6a4b5

#b5a4aa

#b3b5a4

#a4b5ae

Shades

Color #a6a4b5 mixed toward black.

#87849b

#6a677f

#4f4d5f

#35343f

#1a1a20

Tints

Color #a6a4b5 mixed toward white.

#b5b3c1

#c4c2ce

#d2d1da

#e1e1e6

#f0f0f3

Tones

Color #a6a4b5 mixed toward gray.

#a7a5b3

#a8a7b2

#a9a8b1

#aaaaaf

#ababae

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

#a5a5b1 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#a5a5b0 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#a6aead · ΔE 11.3

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 8.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a6a4b5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6a4b5]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a6a4b5 (#a6a4b5) is rgb(166, 164, 181) in RGB.

No, #a6a4b5 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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