#909ca9

Color #909ca9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.43 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#909ca9

RGB

rgb(144, 156, 169)

HSL

hsl(211.2, 12.7%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.2, 14.8%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.8%, 7.7%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(63.81, -1.52, -8.22)

LCH

lch(63.81, 8.36, 259.52)

OKLCH

oklch(68.7%, 0.0236, 250.41)

HWB

hwb(211.2, 56.5%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a99d90

Analogous

#90a9a9

#909ca9

#9190a9

Triadic

#909ca9

#a9909c

#9ca990

Split-complementary

#909ca9

#a99190

#a9a990

Tetradic

#909ca9

#9d90a9

#a99d90

#9ca990

Square

#909ca9

#a990a9

#a99d90

#90a991

Shades

Color #909ca9 mixed toward black.

#738292

#5b6876

#444e58

#2e343b

#171a1d

Tints

Color #909ca9 mixed toward white.

#a3adb7

#b5bdc6

#c8ced4

#dadee2

#edeff1

Tones

Color #909ca9 mixed toward gray.

#929ca7

#949ca5

#969ca3

#989ca1

#9a9c9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9595a6 · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#9594a5 · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#91a4a3 · ΔE 8.6

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 7.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #909ca9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#909ca9]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#909ca9 (#909ca9) is rgb(144, 156, 169) in RGB.

No, #909ca9 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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