#809b9d

Color #809b9d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.24 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#809b9d

RGB

rgb(128, 155, 157)

HSL

hsl(184.1, 12.9%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.1, 18.5%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.5%, 1.3%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(62.05, -8.95, -4.19)

LCH

lch(62.05, 9.88, 205.09)

OKLCH

oklch(67%, 0.0304, 202.01)

HWB

hwb(184.1, 50.2%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d8280

Analogous

#809d91

#809b9d

#808d9d

Triadic

#809b9d

#9d809b

#9b9d80

Split-complementary

#809b9d

#9d808d

#9d9180

Tetradic

#809b9d

#82809d

#9d8280

#9b9d80

Square

#809b9d

#91809d

#9d8280

#8d9d80

Shades

Color #809b9d mixed toward black.

#678486

#536a6b

#3e4f50

#293536

#151a1b

Tints

Color #809b9d mixed toward white.

#95acad

#aabcbe

#c0cdce

#d5dede

#eaeeef

Tones

Color #809b9d mixed toward gray.

#82999b

#859798

#879596

#8a9393

#8c9191

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8d9d · ΔE 15.1

Deuteranopia

#8b899c · ΔE 17

Tritanopia

#829c9c · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 10.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #809b9d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#809b9d]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#809b9d (#809b9d) is rgb(128, 155, 157) in RGB.

No, #809b9d 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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