#a8a7b7

Color #a8a7b7

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.81 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a8a7b7

RGB

rgb(168, 167, 183)

HSL

hsl(243.8, 10%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.8, 8.7%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.2%, 8.7%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(69.03, 3.5, -8.08)

LCH

lch(69.03, 8.81, 293.42)

OKLCH

oklch(73.4%, 0.0229, 288.59)

HWB

hwb(243.8, 65.5%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6b7a7

Analogous

#a7aeb7

#a8a7b7

#b0a7b7

Triadic

#a8a7b7

#b7a8a7

#a7b7a8

Split-complementary

#a8a7b7

#b7b0a7

#aeb7a7

Tetradic

#a8a7b7

#b7a7b6

#b6b7a7

#a7b7a8

Square

#a8a7b7

#b7a7ae

#b6b7a7

#a7b7b0

Shades

Color #a8a7b7 mixed toward black.

#88879d

#6a6980

#504f60

#353440

#1b1a20

Tints

Color #a8a7b7 mixed toward white.

#b6b6c3

#c5c4cf

#d3d3db

#e2e2e7

#f0f0f3

Tones

Color #a8a7b7 mixed toward gray.

#a9a8b6

#aaaab4

#ababb3

#adacb2

#aeaeb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8b3 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#a8a8b2 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#a8b0b0 · ΔE 10.2

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 7.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a8a7b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8a7b7]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a8a7b7 (#a8a7b7) is rgb(168, 167, 183) in RGB.

No, #a8a7b7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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