#9697b6

Color #9697b6

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.32 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9697b6

RGB

rgb(150, 151, 182)

HSL

hsl(238.1, 18%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(238.1, 17.6%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.6%, 17%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(63.34, 6.17, -16.19)

LCH

lch(63.34, 17.33, 290.86)

OKLCH

oklch(68.6%, 0.0454, 283.64)

HWB

hwb(238.1, 58.8%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6b596

Analogous

#96a7b6

#9697b6

#a596b6

Triadic

#9697b6

#b69697

#97b696

Split-complementary

#9697b6

#b6a596

#a7b696

Tetradic

#9697b6

#b596b6

#b6b596

#97b696

Square

#9697b6

#b696a7

#b6b596

#96b6a5

Shades

Color #9697b6 mixed toward black.

#75779f

#5b5c83

#444562

#2d2e41

#171721

Tints

Color #9697b6 mixed toward white.

#a7a8c2

#b9bace

#cacbdb

#dcdce7

#edeef3

Tones

Color #9697b6 mixed toward gray.

#999ab3

#9b9cb1

#9e9fae

#a1a1ab

#a3a4a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696af · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#9696ad · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#96a9a8 · ΔE 17.9

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 13.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9697b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9697b6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9697b6 (#9697b6) is rgb(150, 151, 182) in RGB.

No, #9697b6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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