#959d9f

Color #959d9f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.99 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#959d9f

RGB

rgb(149, 157, 159)

HSL

hsl(192, 5%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192, 6.3%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.3%, 1.3%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(64.17, -2.45, -2.03)

LCH

lch(64.17, 3.18, 219.64)

OKLCH

oklch(69%, 0.0097, 214.51)

HWB

hwb(192, 58.4%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f9795

Analogous

#959f9c

#959d9f

#95989f

Triadic

#959d9f

#9f959d

#9d9f95

Split-complementary

#959d9f

#9f9598

#9f9c95

Tetradic

#959d9f

#97959f

#9f9795

#9d9f95

Square

#959d9f

#9c959f

#9f9795

#989f95

Shades

Color #959d9f mixed toward black.

#7a8487

#626a6c

#494f51

#313536

#181a1b

Tints

Color #959d9f mixed toward white.

#a7adaf

#b8bebf

#cacecf

#dcdedf

#edefef

Tones

Color #959d9f mixed toward gray.

#969d9e

#979c9d

#989b9c

#999b9b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#99999f · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#98979e · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#959e9e · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 3.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #959d9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#959d9f]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Frequently asked questions

#959d9f (#959d9f) is rgb(149, 157, 159) in RGB.

No, #959d9f 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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