#abaeb8

Color #abaeb8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.86 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#abaeb8

RGB

rgb(171, 174, 184)

HSL

hsl(226.2, 8.4%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.2, 7.1%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.1%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(71.14, 0.9, -5.47)

LCH

lch(71.14, 5.54, 279.34)

OKLCH

oklch(75.1%, 0.0146, 272.74)

HWB

hwb(226.2, 67.1%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8b5ab

Analogous

#abb4b8

#abaeb8

#aeabb8

Triadic

#abaeb8

#b8abae

#aeb8ab

Split-complementary

#abaeb8

#b8aeab

#b4b8ab

Tetradic

#abaeb8

#b5abb8

#b8b5ab

#aeb8ab

Square

#abaeb8

#b8abb4

#b8b5ab

#abb8ae

Shades

Color #abaeb8 mixed toward black.

#8b8f9d

#6c7180

#515560

#363840

#1b1c20

Tints

Color #abaeb8 mixed toward white.

#b9bbc4

#c7c9d0

#d5d6db

#e3e4e7

#f1f1f3

Tones

Color #abaeb8 mixed toward gray.

#acafb7

#adafb6

#aeb0b5

#afb0b4

#b0b1b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acacb6 · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#acacb5 · ΔE 1.5

Tritanopia

#abb4b3 · ΔE 7.2

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #abaeb8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#abaeb8]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#abaeb8 (#abaeb8) is rgb(171, 174, 184) in RGB.

No, #abaeb8 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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