#a6afb6

Color #a6afb6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.27 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a6afb6

RGB

rgb(166, 175, 182)

HSL

hsl(206.3, 9.9%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(206.3, 8.8%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.8%, 3.8%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(70.97, -1.75, -4.66)

LCH

lch(70.97, 4.98, 249.42)

OKLCH

oklch(74.9%, 0.0143, 241.1)

HWB

hwb(206.3, 65.1%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6ada6

Analogous

#a6b6b5

#a6afb6

#a6a7b6

Triadic

#a6afb6

#b6a6af

#afb6a6

Split-complementary

#a6afb6

#b6a6a7

#b6b5a6

Tetradic

#a6afb6

#ada6b6

#b6ada6

#afb6a6

Square

#a6afb6

#b5a6b6

#b6ada6

#a7b6a6

Shades

Color #a6afb6 mixed toward black.

#86929c

#68757f

#4e5860

#343b40

#1a1d20

Tints

Color #a6afb6 mixed toward white.

#b5bcc2

#c4cace

#d2d7da

#e1e4e7

#f0f2f3

Tones

Color #a6afb6 mixed toward gray.

#a7afb5

#a9afb3

#aaaeb2

#abaeb1

#adaeaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaab4 · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#a9a9b4 · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#a6b3b3 · ΔE 4.6

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 4.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a6afb6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6afb6]

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Frequently asked questions

#a6afb6 (#a6afb6) is rgb(166, 175, 182) in RGB.

No, #a6afb6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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