#a9b3b3

Color #a9b3b3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.71 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a9b3b3

RGB

rgb(169, 179, 179)

HSL

hsl(180, 6.2%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 5.6%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(72.18, -3.48, -1.21)

LCH

lch(72.18, 3.68, 199.17)

OKLCH

oklch(75.9%, 0.0112, 197.14)

HWB

hwb(180, 66.3%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3a9a9

Analogous

#a9b3ae

#a9b3b3

#a9aeb3

Triadic

#a9b3b3

#b3a9b3

#b3b3a9

Split-complementary

#a9b3b3

#b3a9ae

#b3aea9

Tetradic

#a9b3b3

#a9a9b3

#b3a9a9

#b3b3a9

Square

#a9b3b3

#aea9b3

#b3a9a9

#aeb3a9

Shades

Color #a9b3b3 mixed toward black.

#8a9898

#6d7b7b

#525c5c

#363e3e

#1b1f1f

Tints

Color #a9b3b3 mixed toward white.

#b7c0c0

#c6cccc

#d4d9d9

#e2e6e6

#f1f2f2

Tones

Color #a9b3b3 mixed toward gray.

#aab2b2

#abb1b1

#abb0b0

#acb0b0

#adafaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adaeb3 · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#adacb3 · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#aab3b3 · ΔE 0.4

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 4.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9b3b3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9b3b3]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#a9b3b3 (#a9b3b3) is rgb(169, 179, 179) in RGB.

No, #a9b3b3 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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