#969abb

Color #969abb

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 13.17 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#969abb

RGB

rgb(150, 154, 187)

HSL

hsl(233.5, 21.4%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.5, 19.8%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.8%, 17.6%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(64.31, 5.62, -17.53)

LCH

lch(64.31, 18.41, 287.78)

OKLCH

oklch(69.4%, 0.0485, 279.62)

HWB

hwb(233.5, 58.8%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bbb796

Analogous

#96adbb

#969abb

#a596bb

Triadic

#969abb

#bb969a

#9abb96

Split-complementary

#969abb

#bba596

#adbb96

Tetradic

#969abb

#b796bb

#bbb796

#9abb96

Square

#969abb

#bb96ad

#bbb796

#96bba5

Shades

Color #969abb mixed toward black.

#7479a5

#585e88

#424666

#2c2f44

#161722

Tints

Color #969abb mixed toward white.

#a8abc6

#b9bcd2

#cbcddd

#dcdde8

#eeeef4

Tones

Color #969abb mixed toward gray.

#999cb8

#9c9fb5

#9fa1b2

#a2a4af

#a5a6ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898b4 · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#9897b2 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#96aeac · ΔE 19

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 13.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #969abb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#969abb]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#969abb (#969abb) is rgb(150, 154, 187) in RGB.

No, #969abb 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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