#a9a9ba

Color #a9a9ba

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.33 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a9a9ba

RGB

rgb(169, 169, 186)

HSL

hsl(240, 11%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 9.1%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.1%, 9.1%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(69.72, 3.35, -8.69)

LCH

lch(69.72, 9.31, 291.08)

OKLCH

oklch(74%, 0.0243, 285.75)

HWB

hwb(240, 66.3%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#babaa9

Analogous

#a9b1ba

#a9a9ba

#b1a9ba

Triadic

#a9a9ba

#baa9a9

#a9baa9

Split-complementary

#a9a9ba

#bab1a9

#b1baa9

Tetradic

#a9a9ba

#baa9ba

#babaa9

#a9baa9

Square

#a9a9ba

#baa9b1

#babaa9

#a9bab1

Shades

Color #a9a9ba mixed toward black.

#8888a0

#696983

#4f4f63

#353542

#1a1a21

Tints

Color #a9a9ba mixed toward white.

#b7b7c6

#c6c6d1

#d4d4dd

#e2e2e8

#f1f1f4

Tones

Color #a9a9ba mixed toward gray.

#aaaab9

#acacb7

#adadb6

#afafb4

#b0b0b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9b6 · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#a9a9b5 · ΔE 2.1

Tritanopia

#a9b3b2 · ΔE 11.2

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 8.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9a9ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9a9ba]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a9a9ba (#a9a9ba) is rgb(169, 169, 186) in RGB.

No, #a9a9ba 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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