#aaaab5

Color #aaaab5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.06 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#aaaab5

RGB

rgb(170, 170, 181)

HSL

hsl(240, 6.9%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 6.1%, 71%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(69.92, 2.14, -5.63)

LCH

lch(69.92, 6.02, 290.81)

OKLCH

oklch(74.1%, 0.0157, 285.9)

HWB

hwb(240, 66.7%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5b5aa

Analogous

#aaafb5

#aaaab5

#afaab5

Triadic

#aaaab5

#b5aaaa

#aab5aa

Split-complementary

#aaaab5

#b5afaa

#afb5aa

Tetradic

#aaaab5

#b5aab5

#b5b5aa

#aab5aa

Square

#aaaab5

#b5aaaf

#b5b5aa

#aab5af

Shades

Color #aaaab5 mixed toward black.

#8b8b9a

#6d6d7d

#52525e

#36363f

#1b1b1f

Tints

Color #aaaab5 mixed toward white.

#b8b8c1

#c6c6ce

#d4d4da

#e3e3e6

#f1f1f3

Tones

Color #aaaab5 mixed toward gray.

#ababb4

#acacb3

#adadb2

#aeaeb1

#afafb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaab2 · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#aaaab2 · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#aab0b0 · ΔE 7.2

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 5.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaaab5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaaab5]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#aaaab5 (#aaaab5) is rgb(170, 170, 181) in RGB.

No, #aaaab5 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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