#acaabc

Color #acaabc

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.94 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#acaabc

RGB

rgb(172, 170, 188)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 11.8%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 9.6%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.5%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(70.28, 4.23, -8.94)

LCH

lch(70.28, 9.89, 295.32)

OKLCH

oklch(74.5%, 0.0257, 290.97)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 66.7%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#babcaa

Analogous

#aab1bc

#acaabc

#b5aabc

Triadic

#acaabc

#bcacaa

#aabcac

Split-complementary

#acaabc

#bcb5aa

#b1bcaa

Tetradic

#acaabc

#bcaaba

#babcaa

#aabcac

Square

#acaabc

#bcaab1

#babcaa

#aabcb5

Shades

Color #acaabc mixed toward black.

#8b89a2

#6c6985

#514f64

#363543

#1b1a21

Tints

Color #acaabc mixed toward white.

#bab8c7

#c8c6d2

#d6d5dd

#e3e3e9

#f1f1f4

Tones

Color #acaabc mixed toward gray.

#adacba

#aeadb9

#b0afb7

#b1b0b6

#b2b2b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababb8 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#ababb7 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#acb4b4 · ΔE 11.1

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 8.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #acaabc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#acaabc]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#acaabc (#acaabc) is rgb(172, 170, 188) in RGB.

No, #acaabc 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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