#a6a8af

Color #a6a8af

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.91 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a6a8af

RGB

rgb(166, 168, 175)

HSL

hsl(226.7, 5.3%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.7, 5.1%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.1%, 4%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(68.9, 0.65, -3.84)

LCH

lch(68.9, 3.89, 279.61)

OKLCH

oklch(73.2%, 0.0103, 273.33)

HWB

hwb(226.7, 65.1%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afada6

Analogous

#a6adaf

#a6a8af

#a9a6af

Triadic

#a6a8af

#afa6a8

#a8afa6

Split-complementary

#a6a8af

#afa9a6

#adafa6

Tetradic

#a6a8af

#ada6af

#afada6

#a8afa6

Square

#a6a8af

#afa6ad

#afada6

#a6afa9

Shades

Color #a6a8af mixed toward black.

#888b94

#6c6e78

#51535a

#36373c

#1b1c1e

Tints

Color #a6a8af mixed toward white.

#b5b7bc

#c4c5ca

#d3d4d7

#e1e2e4

#f0f1f2

Tones

Color #a6a8af mixed toward gray.

#a7a9ae

#a8a9ae

#a8a9ad

#a9aaac

#aaaaab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7ad · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#a7a7ad · ΔE 1

Tritanopia

#a6acac · ΔE 4.8

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 3.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a6a8af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6a8af]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a6a8af (#a6a8af) is rgb(166, 168, 175) in RGB.

No, #a6a8af 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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