#aca9bb

Color #aca9bb

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.97 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#aca9bb

RGB

rgb(172, 169, 187)

HSL

hsl(250, 11.7%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250, 9.6%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(8%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(69.99, 4.58, -8.82)

LCH

lch(69.99, 9.94, 297.44)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.0258, 293.49)

HWB

hwb(250, 66.3%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8bba9

Analogous

#a9afbb

#aca9bb

#b5a9bb

Triadic

#aca9bb

#bbaca9

#a9bbac

Split-complementary

#aca9bb

#bbb5a9

#afbba9

Tetradic

#aca9bb

#bba9b8

#b8bba9

#a9bbac

Square

#aca9bb

#bba9af

#b8bba9

#a9bbb5

Shades

Color #aca9bb mixed toward black.

#8c88a1

#6d6985

#524f63

#373442

#1b1a21

Tints

Color #aca9bb mixed toward white.

#bab7c6

#c8c6d2

#d5d4dd

#e3e2e8

#f1f1f4

Tones

Color #aca9bb mixed toward gray.

#adaab9

#aeacb8

#afadb6

#b0afb5

#b1b0b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababb7 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#ababb6 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#acb3b3 · ΔE 11.1

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 8.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aca9bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aca9bb]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#aca9bb (#aca9bb) is rgb(172, 169, 187) in RGB.

No, #aca9bb 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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