#a8a9b1

Color #a8a9b1

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.4 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a8a9b1

RGB

rgb(168, 169, 177)

HSL

hsl(233.3, 5.5%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.3, 5.1%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.1%, 4.5%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(69.38, 1.2, -4.23)

LCH

lch(69.38, 4.4, 285.84)

OKLCH

oklch(73.7%, 0.0115, 280.53)

HWB

hwb(233.3, 65.9%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1b0a8

Analogous

#a8adb1

#a8a9b1

#aba8b1

Triadic

#a8a9b1

#b1a8a9

#a9b1a8

Split-complementary

#a8a9b1

#b1aba8

#adb1a8

Tetradic

#a8a9b1

#b0a8b1

#b1b0a8

#a9b1a8

Square

#a8a9b1

#b1a8ad

#b1b0a8

#a8b1ab

Shades

Color #a8a9b1 mixed toward black.

#8a8b96

#6d6e79

#51535b

#36373d

#1b1c1e

Tints

Color #a8a9b1 mixed toward white.

#b6b7be

#c5c6cb

#d3d4d8

#e2e2e5

#f0f1f2

Tones

Color #a8a9b1 mixed toward gray.

#a9a9b0

#a9aaaf

#aaabaf

#ababae

#acacad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8af · ΔE 0.7

Deuteranopia

#a8a8af · ΔE 0.7

Tritanopia

#a8aead · ΔE 6.1

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a8a9b1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8a9b1]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a8a9b1 (#a8a9b1) is rgb(168, 169, 177) in RGB.

No, #a8a9b1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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