#96969a

Color #96969a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.4 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#96969a

RGB

rgb(150, 150, 154)

HSL

hsl(240, 1.9%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 2.6%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.6%, 2.6%, 0%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(62.19, 0.78, -2.1)

LCH

lch(62.19, 2.24, 290.38)

OKLCH

oklch(67.4%, 0.0058, 285.95)

HWB

hwb(240, 58.8%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9a9a96

Analogous

#96989a

#96969a

#98969a

Triadic

#96969a

#9a9696

#969a96

Split-complementary

#96969a

#9a9896

#989a96

Tetradic

#96969a

#9a969a

#9a9a96

#969a96

Square

#96969a

#9a9698

#9a9a96

#969a98

Shades

Color #96969a mixed toward black.

#7c7c81

#636367

#4b4b4d

#323234

#19191a

Tints

Color #96969a mixed toward white.

#a8a8ab

#b9b9bc

#cbcbcc

#dcdcdd

#eeeeee

Tones

Color #96969a mixed toward gray.

#96969a

#979799

#989898

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#969699 · ΔE 0.5

Deuteranopia

#969699 · ΔE 0.5

Tritanopia

#969898 · ΔE 2.8

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 2.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #96969a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#96969a]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#96969a (#96969a) is rgb(150, 150, 154) in RGB.

No, #96969a 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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