#a9a9b6

Color #a9a9b6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.14 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a9a9b6

RGB

rgb(169, 169, 182)

HSL

hsl(240, 8.2%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 7.1%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.1%, 7.1%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(69.6, 2.54, -6.66)

LCH

lch(69.6, 7.13, 290.88)

OKLCH

oklch(73.9%, 0.0185, 285.99)

HWB

hwb(240, 66.3%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6b6a9

Analogous

#a9afb6

#a9a9b6

#afa9b6

Triadic

#a9a9b6

#b6a9a9

#a9b6a9

Split-complementary

#a9a9b6

#b6afa9

#afb6a9

Tetradic

#a9a9b6

#b6a9b6

#b6b6a9

#a9b6a9

Square

#a9a9b6

#b6a9af

#b6b6a9

#a9b6af

Shades

Color #a9a9b6 mixed toward black.

#89899b

#6b6b7f

#51515f

#36363f

#1b1b20

Tints

Color #a9a9b6 mixed toward white.

#b7b7c2

#c6c6ce

#d4d4da

#e2e2e7

#f1f1f3

Tones

Color #a9a9b6 mixed toward gray.

#aaaab5

#ababb4

#acacb3

#adadb2

#aeaeb1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9b3 · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#a9a9b2 · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#a9b1b0 · ΔE 9.1

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 6.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9a9b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9a9b6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a9a9b6 (#a9a9b6) is rgb(169, 169, 182) in RGB.

No, #a9a9b6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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