#a7a7b6

Color #a7a7b6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.24 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a7a7b6

RGB

rgb(167, 167, 182)

HSL

hsl(240, 9.3%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 8.2%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.2%, 8.2%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(68.92, 2.95, -7.69)

LCH

lch(68.92, 8.24, 290.99)

OKLCH

oklch(73.3%, 0.0214, 285.98)

HWB

hwb(240, 65.5%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6b6a7

Analogous

#a7aeb6

#a7a7b6

#aea7b6

Triadic

#a7a7b6

#b6a7a7

#a7b6a7

Split-complementary

#a7a7b6

#b6aea7

#aeb6a7

Tetradic

#a7a7b6

#b6a7b6

#b6b6a7

#a7b6a7

Square

#a7a7b6

#b6a7ae

#b6b6a7

#a7b6ae

Shades

Color #a7a7b6 mixed toward black.

#87879c

#69697f

#4f4f5f

#353540

#1a1a20

Tints

Color #a7a7b6 mixed toward white.

#b6b6c2

#c4c4ce

#d3d3da

#e2e2e7

#f0f0f3

Tones

Color #a7a7b6 mixed toward gray.

#a8a8b5

#a9a9b3

#ababb2

#acacb1

#adadb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7b3 · ΔE 1.3

Deuteranopia

#a7a7b2 · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#a7b0af · ΔE 10.2

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 7.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a7a7b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a7a7b6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a7a7b6 (#a7a7b6) is rgb(167, 167, 182) in RGB.

No, #a7a7b6 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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