#96a1b8

Color #96a1b8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.88 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#96a1b8

RGB

rgb(150, 161, 184)

HSL

hsl(220.6, 19.3%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220.6, 18.5%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.5%, 12.5%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(66.09, 1.02, -13.17)

LCH

lch(66.09, 13.21, 274.43)

OKLCH

oklch(70.8%, 0.0359, 265.21)

HWB

hwb(220.6, 58.8%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8ad96

Analogous

#96b2b8

#96a1b8

#9c96b8

Triadic

#96a1b8

#b896a1

#a1b896

Split-complementary

#96a1b8

#b89c96

#b2b896

Tetradic

#96a1b8

#ad96b8

#b8ad96

#a1b896

Square

#96a1b8

#b896b2

#b8ad96

#96b89c

Shades

Color #96a1b8 mixed toward black.

#7583a2

#5a6885

#434e64

#2d3442

#161a21

Tints

Color #96a1b8 mixed toward white.

#a8b1c4

#b9c0d0

#cbd0dc

#dce0e7

#eeeff3

Tones

Color #96a1b8 mixed toward gray.

#99a2b5

#9ca3b2

#9fa4b0

#a1a5ad

#a4a6aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9bb3 · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#9a99b2 · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#97afae · ΔE 13.8

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 10.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #96a1b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#96a1b8]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#96a1b8 (#96a1b8) is rgb(150, 161, 184) in RGB.

No, #96a1b8 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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