#aba5b8

Color #aba5b8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.72 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#aba5b8

RGB

rgb(171, 165, 184)

HSL

hsl(258.9, 11.8%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.9, 10.3%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.1%, 10.3%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(68.77, 5.83, -8.98)

LCH

lch(68.77, 10.71, 302.99)

OKLCH

oklch(73.3%, 0.0279, 300.15)

HWB

hwb(258.9, 64.7%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b2b8a5

Analogous

#a5a8b8

#aba5b8

#b4a5b8

Triadic

#aba5b8

#b8aba5

#a5b8ab

Split-complementary

#aba5b8

#b8b4a5

#a8b8a5

Tetradic

#aba5b8

#b8a5b2

#b2b8a5

#a5b8ab

Square

#aba5b8

#b8a5a8

#b2b8a5

#a5b8b4

Shades

Color #aba5b8 mixed toward black.

#8d849e

#6f6782

#534d62

#383341

#1c1a21

Tints

Color #aba5b8 mixed toward white.

#b9b4c4

#c7c3d0

#d5d2db

#e3e1e7

#f1f0f3

Tones

Color #aba5b8 mixed toward gray.

#aba6b6

#aca8b5

#adaab3

#adabb2

#aeadb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8b4 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#a9a9b3 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#abb0af · ΔE 12

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 9.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aba5b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aba5b8]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#aba5b8 (#aba5b8) is rgb(171, 165, 184) in RGB.

No, #aba5b8 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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