#959ba8

Color #959ba8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.16 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#959ba8

RGB

rgb(149, 155, 168)

HSL

hsl(221.1, 9.8%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.1, 11.3%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.3%, 7.7%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(63.88, 0.52, -7.51)

LCH

lch(63.88, 7.53, 273.96)

OKLCH

oklch(68.9%, 0.0202, 266.04)

HWB

hwb(221.1, 58.4%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8a295

Analogous

#95a5a8

#959ba8

#9995a8

Triadic

#959ba8

#a8959b

#9ba895

Split-complementary

#959ba8

#a89995

#a5a895

Tetradic

#959ba8

#a295a8

#a8a295

#9ba895

Square

#959ba8

#a895a5

#a8a295

#95a899

Shades

Color #959ba8 mixed toward black.

#788090

#5f6674

#484c57

#30333a

#18191d

Tints

Color #959ba8 mixed toward white.

#a7acb7

#b8bcc5

#cacdd4

#dcdee2

#edeef1

Tones

Color #959ba8 mixed toward gray.

#979ca6

#989ca5

#9a9da3

#9b9da2

#9d9ea0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898a5 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#9797a4 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#95a3a2 · ΔE 9.1

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 6.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #959ba8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#959ba8]

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

#959ba8 (#959ba8) is rgb(149, 155, 168) in RGB.

No, #959ba8 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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