#969cb0

Color #969cb0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.57 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#969cb0

RGB

rgb(150, 156, 176)

HSL

hsl(226.2, 14.1%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.2, 14.8%, 69%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.8%, 11.4%, 0%, 31%)

LAB

lab(64.48, 2.03, -11.11)

LCH

lch(64.48, 11.29, 280.35)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.03, 272.29)

HWB

hwb(226.2, 58.8%, 31%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b0aa96

Analogous

#96a9b0

#969cb0

#9d96b0

Triadic

#969cb0

#b0969c

#9cb096

Split-complementary

#969cb0

#b09d96

#a9b096

Tetradic

#969cb0

#aa96b0

#b0aa96

#9cb096

Square

#969cb0

#b096a9

#b0aa96

#96b09d

Shades

Color #969cb0 mixed toward black.

#777f99

#5d647c

#464b5d

#2f323e

#17191f

Tints

Color #969cb0 mixed toward white.

#a7acbd

#b9bdca

#cacdd7

#dcdee5

#edeef2

Tones

Color #969cb0 mixed toward gray.

#989dae

#9a9eac

#9c9fa9

#9fa1a7

#a1a2a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999ab · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#9898aa · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#96a8a7 · ΔE 12.9

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 9.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #969cb0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#969cb0]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#969cb0 (#969cb0) is rgb(150, 156, 176) in RGB.

No, #969cb0 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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