#949aac

Color #949aac

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.7 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#949aac

RGB

rgb(148, 154, 172)

HSL

hsl(225, 12.6%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225, 14%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(14%, 10.5%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(63.66, 1.6, -10.1)

LCH

lch(63.66, 10.23, 279)

OKLCH

oklch(68.7%, 0.0273, 271.05)

HWB

hwb(225, 58%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aca694

Analogous

#94a6ac

#949aac

#9a94ac

Triadic

#949aac

#ac949a

#9aac94

Split-complementary

#949aac

#ac9a94

#a6ac94

Tetradic

#949aac

#a694ac

#aca694

#9aac94

Square

#949aac

#ac94a6

#aca694

#94ac9a

Shades

Color #949aac mixed toward black.

#767e95

#5d6478

#464b5a

#2f323c

#17191e

Tints

Color #949aac mixed toward white.

#a6abba

#b8bcc8

#c9ccd5

#dbdde3

#edeef1

Tones

Color #949aac mixed toward gray.

#969baa

#989ca8

#9a9da6

#9c9ea4

#9e9fa2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797a8 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#9696a7 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#94a5a4 · ΔE 11.9

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 8.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #949aac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#949aac]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#949aac (#949aac) is rgb(148, 154, 172) in RGB.

No, #949aac 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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