Color specimenNo. 10592682

#A1A1AA

Indigo

A deterministic reference card for #A1A1AA. Every value, scheme, and snippet below is computed from the hex — no database, no guesswork.

RGB
161, 161, 170
HSL
240°, 5%, 65%
Text
Black on top

Tailwind CSS · zinc

tailwind · zinc 400

The Tailwind CSS utility classes bg-zinc-400, text-zinc-400, and friends all reference this hex value.

Scale context · zinc

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Class name
zinc-400
Hex
#A1A1AA
Closest CSS named color
darkgray
Full color breakdown
/color/a1a1aa

Developer snippets

Copy-ready code

Every snippet below is generated from the hex — not a hand-maintained table.

Conversions

Same color, seven encodings

Nearest matches

Closest in other design systems

Accessibility

Contrast against white & black

On white

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #A1A1AA as the text color.

2.56:1
AA failAAA failLarge fail

Rating · Fail

On black

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #A1A1AA as the text color.

8.19:1
AA passAAA passLarge pass

Rating · AAA

Recommendation

When using #A1A1AA as a background, pair it with #000000 text for the best WCAG contrast.

Contrast ratios only — one part of WCAG 2.1. Not a certification of accessibility or legal compliance.

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