#a6b6b6

Color #a6b6b6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.85 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a6b6b6

RGB

rgb(166, 182, 182)

HSL

hsl(180, 9.9%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 8.8%, 71.4%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(72.85, -5.51, -1.89)

LCH

lch(72.85, 5.83, 198.93)

OKLCH

oklch(76.4%, 0.0177, 196.7)

HWB

hwb(180, 65.1%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6a6a6

Analogous

#a6b6ae

#a6b6b6

#a6aeb6

Triadic

#a6b6b6

#b6a6b6

#b6b6a6

Split-complementary

#a6b6b6

#b6a6ae

#b6aea6

Tetradic

#a6b6b6

#a6a6b6

#b6a6a6

#b6b6a6

Square

#a6b6b6

#aea6b6

#b6a6a6

#aeb6a6

Shades

Color #a6b6b6 mixed toward black.

#869c9c

#687f7f

#4e6060

#344040

#1a2020

Tints

Color #a6b6b6 mixed toward white.

#b5c2c2

#c4cece

#d2dada

#e1e7e7

#f0f3f3

Tones

Color #a6b6b6 mixed toward gray.

#a7b5b5

#a9b3b3

#aab2b2

#abb1b1

#adafaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adadb6 · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#acabb6 · ΔE 10.9

Tritanopia

#a7b6b6 · ΔE 0.4

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 7.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a6b6b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6b6b6]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#a6b6b6 (#a6b6b6) is rgb(166, 182, 182) in RGB.

No, #a6b6b6 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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