#acb9b8

Color #acb9b8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 5.97 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#acb9b8

RGB

rgb(172, 185, 184)

HSL

hsl(175.4, 8.5%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(175.4, 7%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(7%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(74.14, -4.68, -1.04)

LCH

lch(74.14, 4.79, 192.53)

OKLCH

oklch(77.5%, 0.0145, 191.15)

HWB

hwb(175.4, 67.5%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9acad

Analogous

#acb9b2

#acb9b8

#acb3b9

Triadic

#acb9b8

#b8acb9

#b9b8ac

Split-complementary

#acb9b8

#b9acb3

#b9b2ac

Tetradic

#acb9b8

#acadb9

#b9acad

#b9b8ac

Square

#acb9b8

#b2acb9

#b9acad

#b3b9ac

Shades

Color #acb9b8 mixed toward black.

#8c9e9c

#6d8180

#526160

#364140

#1b2020

Tints

Color #acb9b8 mixed toward white.

#bac5c4

#c8d0d0

#d5dcdc

#e3e8e7

#f1f3f3

Tones

Color #acb9b8 mixed toward gray.

#adb8b7

#aeb7b6

#afb6b5

#b0b5b4

#b1b4b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b2b8 · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#b1b0b8 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#adb8b8 · ΔE 1.1

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 6.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #acb9b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#acb9b8]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Turquoise #40e0d0

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#acb9b8 (#acb9b8) is rgb(172, 185, 184) in RGB.

No, #acb9b8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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