#aab7b9

Color #aab7b9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 6.4 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#aab7b9

RGB

rgb(170, 183, 185)

HSL

hsl(188, 9.7%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188, 8.1%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(73.49, -4.09, -2.56)

LCH

lch(73.49, 4.83, 212.04)

OKLCH

oklch(77%, 0.0147, 207.96)

HWB

hwb(188, 66.7%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9acaa

Analogous

#aab9b3

#aab7b9

#aaafb9

Triadic

#aab7b9

#b9aab7

#b7b9aa

Split-complementary

#aab7b9

#b9aaaf

#b9b3aa

Tetradic

#aab7b9

#acaab9

#b9acaa

#b7b9aa

Square

#aab7b9

#b3aab9

#b9acaa

#afb9aa

Shades

Color #aab7b9 mixed toward black.

#8a9c9e

#6b7f82

#505f61

#353f41

#1b2020

Tints

Color #aab7b9 mixed toward white.

#b8c3c5

#c6cfd0

#d4dbdc

#e3e7e8

#f1f3f3

Tones

Color #aab7b9 mixed toward gray.

#abb6b8

#acb5b6

#aeb4b5

#afb3b4

#b0b2b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0b9 · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#afaeb8 · ΔE 8.9

Tritanopia

#abb8b8 · ΔE 1.1

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 5.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aab7b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aab7b9]

Related colors

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Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Blue #add8e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#aab7b9 (#aab7b9) is rgb(170, 183, 185) in RGB.

No, #aab7b9 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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