#a8a8b4

Color #a8a8b4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.58 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a8a8b4

RGB

rgb(168, 168, 180)

HSL

hsl(240, 7.4%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 6.7%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.7%, 6.7%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(69.2, 2.34, -6.15)

LCH

lch(69.2, 6.58, 290.83)

OKLCH

oklch(73.5%, 0.0172, 285.9)

HWB

hwb(240, 65.9%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4b4a8

Analogous

#a8aeb4

#a8a8b4

#aea8b4

Triadic

#a8a8b4

#b4a8a8

#a8b4a8

Split-complementary

#a8a8b4

#b4aea8

#aeb4a8

Tetradic

#a8a8b4

#b4a8b4

#b4b4a8

#a8b4a8

Square

#a8a8b4

#b4a8ae

#b4b4a8

#a8b4ae

Shades

Color #a8a8b4 mixed toward black.

#898999

#6b6b7d

#51515d

#36363e

#1b1b1f

Tints

Color #a8a8b4 mixed toward white.

#b6b6c0

#c5c5cd

#d3d3d9

#e2e2e6

#f0f0f2

Tones

Color #a8a8b4 mixed toward gray.

#a9a9b3

#aaaab2

#ababb1

#acacb0

#adadaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8b1 · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#a8a8b1 · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#a8afae · ΔE 8.4

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a8a8b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8a8b4]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a8a8b4 (#a8a8b4) is rgb(168, 168, 180) in RGB.

No, #a8a8b4 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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