#aaaeb4

Color #aaaeb4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.96 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#aaaeb4

RGB

rgb(170, 174, 180)

HSL

hsl(216, 6.3%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216, 5.6%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.6%, 3.3%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(70.95, -0.24, -3.56)

LCH

lch(70.95, 3.57, 266.14)

OKLCH

oklch(74.9%, 0.0097, 258.11)

HWB

hwb(216, 66.7%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4b0aa

Analogous

#aab3b4

#aaaeb4

#abaab4

Triadic

#aaaeb4

#b4aaae

#aeb4aa

Split-complementary

#aaaeb4

#b4abaa

#b3b4aa

Tetradic

#aaaeb4

#b0aab4

#b4b0aa

#aeb4aa

Square

#aaaeb4

#b4aab3

#b4b0aa

#aab4ab

Shades

Color #aaaeb4 mixed toward black.

#8b9099

#6d737c

#52565d

#373a3e

#1b1d1f

Tints

Color #aaaeb4 mixed toward white.

#b8bbc0

#c6c9cd

#d4d6d9

#e3e4e6

#f1f1f2

Tones

Color #aaaeb4 mixed toward gray.

#abaeb3

#acaeb2

#acaeb1

#adafb1

#aeafb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acacb3 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#acabb2 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#aab1b1 · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 3.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaaeb4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaaeb4]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#aaaeb4 (#aaaeb4) is rgb(170, 174, 180) in RGB.

No, #aaaeb4 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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