#acb8b6

Color #acb8b6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 5.99 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#acb8b6

RGB

rgb(172, 184, 182)

HSL

hsl(170, 7.8%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170, 6.5%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(73.82, -4.54, -0.42)

LCH

lch(73.82, 4.56, 185.29)

OKLCH

oklch(77.3%, 0.0137, 185.04)

HWB

hwb(170, 67.5%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8acae

Analogous

#acb8b0

#acb8b6

#acb4b8

Triadic

#acb8b6

#b6acb8

#b8b6ac

Split-complementary

#acb8b6

#b8acb4

#b8b0ac

Tetradic

#acb8b6

#acaeb8

#b8acae

#b8b6ac

Square

#acb8b6

#b0acb8

#b8acae

#b4b8ac

Shades

Color #acb8b6 mixed toward black.

#8c9d9a

#6d807d

#52605e

#37403e

#1b201f

Tints

Color #acb8b6 mixed toward white.

#bac4c2

#c8d0ce

#d5dbda

#e3e7e7

#f1f3f3

Tones

Color #acb8b6 mixed toward gray.

#adb7b5

#aeb6b5

#afb5b4

#b0b4b3

#b1b3b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1b6 · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#b1b0b7 · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#adb7b7 · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 5.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #acb8b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#acb8b6]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#acb8b6 (#acb8b6) is rgb(172, 184, 182) in RGB.

No, #acb8b6 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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