#969d9d

Color #969d9d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.7 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#969d9d

RGB

rgb(150, 157, 157)

HSL

hsl(180, 3.4%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 4.5%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(64.19, -2.5, -0.87)

LCH

lch(64.19, 2.65, 199.19)

OKLCH

oklch(69%, 0.0081, 197.31)

HWB

hwb(180, 58.8%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d9696

Analogous

#969d9a

#969d9d

#969a9d

Triadic

#969d9d

#9d969d

#9d9d96

Split-complementary

#969d9d

#9d969a

#9d9a96

Tetradic

#969d9d

#96969d

#9d9696

#9d9d96

Square

#969d9d

#9a969d

#9d9696

#9a9d96

Shades

Color #969d9d mixed toward black.

#7c8484

#636a6a

#4a4f4f

#313535

#191a1a

Tints

Color #969d9d mixed toward white.

#a8adad

#b9bebe

#cbcece

#dcdede

#eeefef

Tones

Color #969d9d mixed toward gray.

#979c9c

#989b9b

#999a9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#99999d · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#99989d · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#969d9d · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 3.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #969d9d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#969d9d]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#969d9d (#969d9d) is rgb(150, 157, 157) in RGB.

No, #969d9d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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