#939497

Color #939497

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 7.92 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#939497

RGB

rgb(147, 148, 151)

HSL

hsl(225, 1.9%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225, 2.6%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.6%, 2%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(61.32, 0.23, -1.71)

LCH

lch(61.32, 1.73, 277.66)

OKLCH

oklch(66.7%, 0.0045, 271.27)

HWB

hwb(225, 57.6%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#979693

Analogous

#939697

#939497

#949397

Triadic

#939497

#979394

#949793

Split-complementary

#939497

#979493

#969793

Tetradic

#939497

#969397

#979693

#949793

Square

#939497

#979396

#979693

#939794

Shades

Color #939497 mixed toward black.

#7a7b7e

#616265

#494a4c

#313133

#181919

Tints

Color #939497 mixed toward white.

#a5a6a8

#b7b8ba

#c9c9cb

#dbdbdc

#ededee

Tones

Color #939497 mixed toward gray.

#939497

#949496

#949596

#959595

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.92:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#939396 · ΔE 0.6

Deuteranopia

#939396 · ΔE 0.6

Tritanopia

#939696 · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 1.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #939497;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#939497]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#939497 (#939497) is rgb(147, 148, 151) in RGB.

No, #939497 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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