#a6a5b8

Color #a6a5b8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.51 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a6a5b8

RGB

rgb(166, 165, 184)

HSL

hsl(243.2, 11.8%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.2, 10.3%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.8%, 10.3%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(68.37, 4.13, -9.62)

LCH

lch(68.37, 10.47, 293.23)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.0273, 288.17)

HWB

hwb(243.2, 64.7%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b7b8a5

Analogous

#a5adb8

#a6a5b8

#afa5b8

Triadic

#a6a5b8

#b8a6a5

#a5b8a6

Split-complementary

#a6a5b8

#b8afa5

#adb8a5

Tetradic

#a6a5b8

#b8a5b7

#b7b8a5

#a5b8a6

Square

#a6a5b8

#b8a5ad

#b7b8a5

#a5b8af

Shades

Color #a6a5b8 mixed toward black.

#86849e

#686782

#4e4d62

#343341

#1a1a21

Tints

Color #a6a5b8 mixed toward white.

#b5b4c4

#c4c3d0

#d2d2db

#e1e1e7

#f0f0f3

Tones

Color #a6a5b8 mixed toward gray.

#a7a6b6

#a9a8b5

#aaaab3

#acabb2

#adadb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a6b4 · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#a6a6b3 · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#a6b0af · ΔE 12.3

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 9.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a6a5b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6a5b8]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a6a5b8 (#a6a5b8) is rgb(166, 165, 184) in RGB.

No, #a6a5b8 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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