#aba5ba

Color #aba5ba

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.79 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#aba5ba

RGB

rgb(171, 165, 186)

HSL

hsl(257.1, 13.2%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257.1, 11.3%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.1%, 11.3%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(68.83, 6.24, -10)

LCH

lch(68.83, 11.79, 301.96)

OKLCH

oklch(73.4%, 0.0307, 298.66)

HWB

hwb(257.1, 64.7%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4baa5

Analogous

#a5a9ba

#aba5ba

#b5a5ba

Triadic

#aba5ba

#baaba5

#a5baab

Split-complementary

#aba5ba

#bab5a5

#a9baa5

Tetradic

#aba5ba

#baa5b4

#b4baa5

#a5baab

Square

#aba5ba

#baa5a9

#b4baa5

#a5bab5

Shades

Color #aba5ba mixed toward black.

#8c84a1

#6e6684

#534c63

#373342

#1c1921

Tints

Color #aba5ba mixed toward white.

#b9b4c5

#c7c3d1

#d5d2dc

#e3e1e8

#f1f0f3

Tones

Color #aba5ba mixed toward gray.

#aca7b8

#aca8b6

#adaab5

#aeacb3

#afaeb1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8b5 · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#a9a9b4 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#abb1b0 · ΔE 13

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 10.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aba5ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aba5ba]

Related colors

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Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

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Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#aba5ba (#aba5ba) is rgb(171, 165, 186) in RGB.

No, #aba5ba 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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