#a6acae

Color #a6acae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 2.56 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#a6acae

RGB

rgb(166, 172, 174)

HSL

hsl(195, 4.7%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195, 4.6%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.6%, 1.1%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(69.94, -1.72, -1.76)

LCH

lch(69.94, 2.46, 225.66)

OKLCH

oklch(74%, 0.0074, 219.51)

HWB

hwb(195, 65.1%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aea8a6

Analogous

#a6aeac

#a6acae

#a6a8ae

Triadic

#a6acae

#aea6ac

#acaea6

Split-complementary

#a6acae

#aea6a8

#aeaca6

Tetradic

#a6acae

#a8a6ae

#aea8a6

#acaea6

Square

#a6acae

#aca6ae

#aea8a6

#a8aea6

Shades

Color #a6acae mixed toward black.

#889093

#6c7477

#515759

#363a3b

#1b1d1e

Tints

Color #a6acae mixed toward white.

#b5babc

#c4c8c9

#d3d6d7

#e1e3e4

#f0f1f2

Tones

Color #a6acae mixed toward gray.

#a7acad

#a7abad

#a8abac

#a9abab

#a9aaab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9ae · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#a8a8ad · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#a6adad · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 2.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a6acae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6acae]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#a6acae (#a6acae) is rgb(166, 172, 174) in RGB.

No, #a6acae 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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