#969e9d

Color #969e9d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.69 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#969e9d

RGB

rgb(150, 158, 157)

HSL

hsl(172.5, 4%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172.5, 5.1%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 0.6%, 38%)

LAB

lab(64.46, -3.05, -0.47)

LCH

lch(64.46, 3.09, 188.76)

OKLCH

oklch(69.3%, 0.0093, 188.04)

HWB

hwb(172.5, 58.8%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9e9697

Analogous

#969e99

#969e9d

#969b9e

Triadic

#969e9d

#9d969e

#9e9d96

Split-complementary

#969e9d

#9e969b

#9e9996

Tetradic

#969e9d

#96979e

#9e9697

#9e9d96

Square

#969e9d

#99969e

#9e9697

#9b9e96

Shades

Color #969e9d mixed toward black.

#7b8584

#636b6a

#4a504f

#313535

#191b1a

Tints

Color #969e9d mixed toward white.

#a7aead

#b9bebe

#cacfce

#dcdfde

#edefef

Tones

Color #969e9d mixed toward gray.

#979d9d

#979d9c

#989c9c

#999b9b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9a9d · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#99989d · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#969d9d · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 4.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #969e9d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#969e9d]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#969e9d (#969e9d) is rgb(150, 158, 157) in RGB.

No, #969e9d 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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