#a6b5b3

Color #a6b5b3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.51 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a6b5b3

RGB

rgb(166, 181, 179)

HSL

hsl(172, 9.2%, 68%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172, 8.3%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 1.1%, 29%)

LAB

lab(72.5, -5.58, -0.76)

LCH

lch(72.5, 5.63, 187.76)

OKLCH

oklch(76.1%, 0.0169, 187.13)

HWB

hwb(172, 65.1%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5a6a8

Analogous

#a6b5ab

#a6b5b3

#a6afb5

Triadic

#a6b5b3

#b3a6b5

#b5b3a6

Split-complementary

#a6b5b3

#b5a6af

#b5aba6

Tetradic

#a6b5b3

#a6a8b5

#b5a6a8

#b5b3a6

Square

#a6b5b3

#aba6b5

#b5a6a8

#afb5a6

Shades

Color #a6b5b3 mixed toward black.

#869b98

#697e7b

#4f5f5d

#343f3e

#1a201f

Tints

Color #a6b5b3 mixed toward white.

#b5c1c0

#c4cecc

#d2dad9

#e1e6e6

#f0f3f2

Tones

Color #a6b5b3 mixed toward gray.

#a7b4b2

#a8b2b1

#aab1b0

#abb0af

#acafae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adadb3 · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#acabb4 · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#a7b4b4 · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 7.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a6b5b3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6b5b3]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#a6b5b3 (#a6b5b3) is rgb(166, 181, 179) in RGB.

No, #a6b5b3 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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