#9099ad

Color #9099ad

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.93 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9099ad

RGB

rgb(144, 153, 173)

HSL

hsl(221.4, 15%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.4, 16.8%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.8%, 11.6%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(63.12, 1.04, -11.51)

LCH

lch(63.12, 11.56, 275.16)

OKLCH

oklch(68.2%, 0.0313, 266.33)

HWB

hwb(221.4, 56.5%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ada490

Analogous

#90a8ad

#9099ad

#9690ad

Triadic

#9099ad

#ad9099

#99ad90

Split-complementary

#9099ad

#ad9690

#a8ad90

Tetradic

#9099ad

#a490ad

#ada490

#99ad90

Square

#9099ad

#ad90a8

#ada490

#90ad96

Shades

Color #9099ad mixed toward black.

#727d97

#5a647a

#434b5b

#2d323d

#16191e

Tints

Color #9099ad mixed toward white.

#a3aabb

#b5bbc8

#c8ccd6

#dadde4

#edeef1

Tones

Color #9099ad mixed toward gray.

#939aab

#959ba8

#979ca6

#9a9da3

#9c9ea1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494a8 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#9393a7 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#90a5a4 · ΔE 12.7

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 9.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9099ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9099ad]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#9099ad (#9099ad) is rgb(144, 153, 173) in RGB.

No, #9099ad 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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