#a9a8bc

Color #a9a8bc

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.99 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a9a8bc

RGB

rgb(169, 168, 188)

HSL

hsl(243, 13%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243, 10.6%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.1%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(69.52, 4.32, -10.1)

LCH

lch(69.52, 10.99, 293.16)

OKLCH

oklch(73.9%, 0.0286, 287.93)

HWB

hwb(243, 65.9%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bbbca8

Analogous

#a8b1bc

#a9a8bc

#b3a8bc

Triadic

#a9a8bc

#bca9a8

#a8bca9

Split-complementary

#a9a8bc

#bcb3a8

#b1bca8

Tetradic

#a9a8bc

#bca8bb

#bbbca8

#a8bca9

Square

#a9a8bc

#bca8b1

#bbbca8

#a8bcb3

Shades

Color #a9a8bc mixed toward black.

#8886a2

#696786

#4f4d65

#343443

#1a1a22

Tints

Color #a9a8bc mixed toward white.

#b7b6c7

#c6c5d2

#d4d3de

#e2e2e9

#f1f0f4

Tones

Color #a9a8bc mixed toward gray.

#aaaaba

#acabb9

#adadb7

#afafb5

#b0b0b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9b7 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#a9a9b6 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#a9b4b3 · ΔE 12.9

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 9.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9a8bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9a8bc]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a9a8bc (#a9a8bc) is rgb(169, 168, 188) in RGB.

No, #a9a8bc 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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