#acb0b0

Color #acb0b0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 2.73 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#acb0b0

RGB

rgb(172, 176, 176)

HSL

hsl(180, 2.5%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 2.3%, 69%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 0%, 31%)

LAB

lab(71.52, -1.41, -0.49)

LCH

lch(71.52, 1.49, 199.16)

OKLCH

oklch(75.4%, 0.0045, 196.82)

HWB

hwb(180, 67.5%, 31%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b0acac

Analogous

#acb0ae

#acb0b0

#acaeb0

Triadic

#acb0b0

#b0acb0

#b0b0ac

Split-complementary

#acb0b0

#b0acae

#b0aeac

Tetradic

#acb0b0

#acacb0

#b0acac

#b0b0ac

Square

#acb0b0

#aeacb0

#b0acac

#aeb0ac

Shades

Color #acb0b0 mixed toward black.

#8e9494

#717777

#555959

#393b3b

#1c1e1e

Tints

Color #acb0b0 mixed toward white.

#babdbd

#c8caca

#d5d7d7

#e3e5e5

#f1f2f2

Tones

Color #acb0b0 mixed toward gray.

#acb0b0

#adafaf

#aeaeae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aeaeb0 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#aeadb0 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#acb0b0 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 2.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #acb0b0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#acb0b0]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#acb0b0 (#acb0b0) is rgb(172, 176, 176) in RGB.

No, #acb0b0 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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