#a9a9b5

Color #a9a9b5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.59 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a9a9b5

RGB

rgb(169, 169, 181)

HSL

hsl(240, 7.5%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 6.6%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.6%, 6.6%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(69.57, 2.34, -6.15)

LCH

lch(69.57, 6.58, 290.83)

OKLCH

oklch(73.9%, 0.0171, 285.99)

HWB

hwb(240, 66.3%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5b5a9

Analogous

#a9afb5

#a9a9b5

#afa9b5

Triadic

#a9a9b5

#b5a9a9

#a9b5a9

Split-complementary

#a9a9b5

#b5afa9

#afb5a9

Tetradic

#a9a9b5

#b5a9b5

#b5b5a9

#a9b5a9

Square

#a9a9b5

#b5a9af

#b5b5a9

#a9b5af

Shades

Color #a9a9b5 mixed toward black.

#8a8a9a

#6c6c7d

#51515e

#36363f

#1b1b1f

Tints

Color #a9a9b5 mixed toward white.

#b7b7c1

#c6c6ce

#d4d4da

#e2e2e6

#f1f1f3

Tones

Color #a9a9b5 mixed toward gray.

#aaaab4

#ababb3

#acacb2

#adadb1

#aeaeb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9b2 · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#a9a9b2 · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#a9b0af · ΔE 8.4

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 6.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9a9b5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9a9b5]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a9a9b5 (#a9a9b5) is rgb(169, 169, 181) in RGB.

No, #a9a9b5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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