#9696af

Color #9696af

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.32 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9696af

RGB

rgb(150, 150, 175)

HSL

hsl(240, 13.5%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 14.3%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.3%, 14.3%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(62.84, 5.17, -13.01)

LCH

lch(62.84, 14, 291.67)

OKLCH

oklch(68.2%, 0.0365, 285.41)

HWB

hwb(240, 58.8%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afaf96

Analogous

#96a2af

#9696af

#a296af

Triadic

#9696af

#af9696

#96af96

Split-complementary

#9696af

#afa296

#a2af96

Tetradic

#9696af

#af96af

#afaf96

#96af96

Square

#9696af

#af96a2

#afaf96

#96afa2

Shades

Color #9696af mixed toward black.

#777798

#5e5e7b

#46465c

#2f2f3d

#17171f

Tints

Color #9696af mixed toward white.

#a7a7bc

#b9b9ca

#cacad7

#dcdce4

#ededf2

Tones

Color #9696af mixed toward gray.

#9898ad

#9a9aab

#9c9ca9

#9e9ea7

#a0a0a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696a9 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#9696a8 · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#96a5a4 · ΔE 15.5

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 11.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9696af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9696af]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9696af (#9696af) is rgb(150, 150, 175) in RGB.

No, #9696af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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