#aaa9b5

Color #aaa9b5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.6 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa9b5

RGB

rgb(170, 169, 181)

HSL

hsl(245, 7.5%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245, 6.6%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.1%, 6.6%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(69.65, 2.68, -6.02)

LCH

lch(69.65, 6.59, 294)

OKLCH

oklch(73.9%, 0.0171, 289.81)

HWB

hwb(245, 66.3%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4b5a9

Analogous

#a9aeb5

#aaa9b5

#b0a9b5

Triadic

#aaa9b5

#b5aaa9

#a9b5aa

Split-complementary

#aaa9b5

#b5b0a9

#aeb5a9

Tetradic

#aaa9b5

#b5a9b4

#b4b5a9

#a9b5aa

Square

#aaa9b5

#b5a9ae

#b4b5a9

#a9b5b0

Shades

Color #aaa9b5 mixed toward black.

#8b8a9a

#6d6c7d

#52515e

#37363f

#1b1b1f

Tints

Color #aaa9b5 mixed toward white.

#b8b7c1

#c6c6ce

#d4d4da

#e3e2e6

#f1f1f3

Tones

Color #aaa9b5 mixed toward gray.

#abaab4

#acabb3

#acacb2

#adadb1

#aeaeb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaab2 · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#aaaab2 · ΔE 2

Tritanopia

#aab0af · ΔE 8.4

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 6.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa9b5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa9b5]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aaa9b5 (#aaa9b5) is rgb(170, 169, 181) in RGB.

No, #aaa9b5 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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