#909aaa

Color #909aaa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.82 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#909aaa

RGB

rgb(144, 154, 170)

HSL

hsl(216.9, 13.3%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.9, 15.3%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.3%, 9.4%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(63.3, -0.18, -9.55)

LCH

lch(63.3, 9.55, 268.92)

OKLCH

oklch(68.3%, 0.0262, 259.89)

HWB

hwb(216.9, 56.5%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aaa090

Analogous

#90a7aa

#909aaa

#9390aa

Triadic

#909aaa

#aa909a

#9aaa90

Split-complementary

#909aaa

#aa9390

#a7aa90

Tetradic

#909aaa

#a090aa

#aaa090

#9aaa90

Square

#909aaa

#aa90a7

#aaa090

#90aa93

Shades

Color #909aaa mixed toward black.

#727f93

#5b6677

#444c59

#2d333b

#17191e

Tints

Color #909aaa mixed toward white.

#a3abb8

#b5bcc6

#c8cdd5

#dadde3

#edeef1

Tones

Color #909aaa mixed toward gray.

#929ba8

#949ba6

#979ca4

#999ca1

#9b9d9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9495a6 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#9493a5 · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#91a3a3 · ΔE 9.8

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 7.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #909aaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#909aaa]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#909aaa (#909aaa) is rgb(144, 154, 170) in RGB.

No, #909aaa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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