#a9bebe

Color #a9bebe

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 7.87 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a9bebe

RGB

rgb(169, 190, 190)

HSL

hsl(180, 13.9%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 11.1%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(75.44, -7.14, -2.43)

LCH

lch(75.44, 7.54, 198.8)

OKLCH

oklch(78.6%, 0.023, 196.7)

HWB

hwb(180, 66.3%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bea9a9

Analogous

#a9beb4

#a9bebe

#a9b4be

Triadic

#a9bebe

#bea9be

#bebea9

Split-complementary

#a9bebe

#bea9b4

#beb4a9

Tetradic

#a9bebe

#a9a9be

#bea9a9

#bebea9

Square

#a9bebe

#b4a9be

#bea9a9

#b4bea9

Shades

Color #a9bebe mixed toward black.

#87a4a4

#678888

#4d6666

#344444

#1a2222

Tints

Color #a9bebe mixed toward white.

#b7c9c9

#c6d4d4

#d4dfdf

#e2e9e9

#f1f4f4

Tones

Color #a9bebe mixed toward gray.

#abbcbc

#adbbbb

#aeb9b9

#b0b7b7

#b2b5b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b3be · ΔE 11.5

Deuteranopia

#b1b0be · ΔE 13.4

Tritanopia

#aabebe · ΔE 0.3

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 8.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9bebe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9bebe]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#a9bebe (#a9bebe) is rgb(169, 190, 190) in RGB.

No, #a9bebe 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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