#a7adb1

Color #a7adb1

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.28 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a7adb1

RGB

rgb(167, 173, 177)

HSL

hsl(204, 6%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204, 5.6%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.6%, 2.3%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(70.37, -1.33, -2.78)

LCH

lch(70.37, 3.08, 244.43)

OKLCH

oklch(74.4%, 0.0089, 236.49)

HWB

hwb(204, 65.5%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1aba7

Analogous

#a7b1b0

#a7adb1

#a7a8b1

Triadic

#a7adb1

#b1a7ad

#adb1a7

Split-complementary

#a7adb1

#b1a7a8

#b1b0a7

Tetradic

#a7adb1

#aba7b1

#b1aba7

#adb1a7

Square

#a7adb1

#b0a7b1

#b1aba7

#a8b1a7

Shades

Color #a7adb1 mixed toward black.

#899196

#6c747a

#51575b

#363a3d

#1b1d1e

Tints

Color #a7adb1 mixed toward white.

#b6bbbe

#c4c8cb

#d3d6d8

#e2e4e5

#f0f1f2

Tones

Color #a7adb1 mixed toward gray.

#a8adb0

#a9adaf

#aaadaf

#aaacae

#abacad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaab0 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#a9a9b0 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#a7afaf · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 3.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a7adb1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a7adb1]

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Frequently asked questions

#a7adb1 (#a7adb1) is rgb(167, 173, 177) in RGB.

No, #a7adb1 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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