#a9a4b8

Color #a9a4b8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.23 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a9a4b8

RGB

rgb(169, 164, 184)

HSL

hsl(255, 12.3%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255, 10.9%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.2%, 10.9%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(68.35, 5.7, -9.63)

LCH

lch(68.35, 11.19, 300.62)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.0291, 297.01)

HWB

hwb(255, 64.3%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3b8a4

Analogous

#a4a9b8

#a9a4b8

#b3a4b8

Triadic

#a9a4b8

#b8a9a4

#a4b8a9

Split-complementary

#a9a4b8

#b8b3a4

#a9b8a4

Tetradic

#a9a4b8

#b8a4b3

#b3b8a4

#a4b8a9

Square

#a9a4b8

#b8a4a9

#b3b8a4

#a4b8b3

Shades

Color #a9a4b8 mixed toward black.

#8a839e

#6d6682

#524c62

#363341

#1b1921

Tints

Color #a9a4b8 mixed toward white.

#b7b3c4

#c6c2d0

#d4d1db

#e2e1e7

#f1f0f3

Tones

Color #a9a4b8 mixed toward gray.

#aaa6b6

#aba7b5

#aba9b3

#acabb1

#adacb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7b3 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#a7a8b2 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#a9b0af · ΔE 12.8

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 10

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9a4b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9a4b8]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#a9a4b8 (#a9a4b8) is rgb(169, 164, 184) in RGB.

No, #a9a4b8 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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