#aaa5b9

Color #aaa5b9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.19 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa5b9

RGB

rgb(170, 165, 185)

HSL

hsl(255, 12.5%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255, 10.8%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.1%, 10.8%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(68.72, 5.69, -9.62)

LCH

lch(68.72, 11.18, 300.6)

OKLCH

oklch(73.3%, 0.029, 297.1)

HWB

hwb(255, 64.7%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4b9a5

Analogous

#a5aab9

#aaa5b9

#b4a5b9

Triadic

#aaa5b9

#b9aaa5

#a5b9aa

Split-complementary

#aaa5b9

#b9b4a5

#aab9a5

Tetradic

#aaa5b9

#b9a5b4

#b4b9a5

#a5b9aa

Square

#aaa5b9

#b9a5aa

#b4b9a5

#a5b9b4

Shades

Color #aaa5b9 mixed toward black.

#8b849f

#6d6683

#524d62

#373342

#1b1a21

Tints

Color #aaa5b9 mixed toward white.

#b8b4c5

#c6c3d0

#d4d2dc

#e3e1e8

#f1f0f3

Tones

Color #aaa5b9 mixed toward gray.

#aba7b7

#aca8b6

#acaab4

#adacb2

#aeadb1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8b4 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#a8a9b3 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#aab1b0 · ΔE 12.8

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 10

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa5b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa5b9]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#aaa5b9 (#aaa5b9) is rgb(170, 165, 185) in RGB.

No, #aaa5b9 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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