#a9cac7

Color #a9cac7

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 9.61 Nearest Tailwind class mist-300 #d0d6d8 · ΔE 11.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a9cac7

RGB

rgb(169, 202, 199)

HSL

hsl(174.5, 23.7%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174.5, 16.3%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 1.5%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(78.92, -11.57, -2.18)

LCH

lch(78.92, 11.77, 190.67)

OKLCH

oklch(81.4%, 0.0355, 189.73)

HWB

hwb(174.5, 66.3%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#caa9ac

Analogous

#a9cab6

#a9cac7

#a9bcca

Triadic

#a9cac7

#c7a9ca

#cac7a9

Split-complementary

#a9cac7

#caa9bc

#cab6a9

Tetradic

#a9cac7

#a9acca

#caa9ac

#cac7a9

Square

#a9cac7

#b6a9ca

#caa9ac

#bccaa9

Shades

Color #a9cac7 mixed toward black.

#83b2ae

#5e9994

#47736f

#2f4c4a

#182625

Tints

Color #a9cac7 mixed toward white.

#b7d3d0

#c6dcda

#d4e4e3

#e2edec

#f1f6f6

Tones

Color #a9cac7 mixed toward gray.

#acc7c5

#aec4c2

#b1c2c0

#b4bfbe

#b7bcbc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b9c8 · ΔE 16.5

Deuteranopia

#b6b4c8 · ΔE 19.2

Tritanopia

#abc8c8 · ΔE 2

Achromatopsia

#c3c3c3 · ΔE 12.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9cac7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9cac7]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#a9cac7 (#a9cac7) is rgb(169, 202, 199) in RGB.

No, #a9cac7 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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