#96a3a4

Color #96a3a4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.82 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#96a3a4

RGB

rgb(150, 163, 164)

HSL

hsl(184.3, 7.1%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.3, 8.5%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.5%, 0.6%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(66.03, -4.38, -2.09)

LCH

lch(66.03, 4.85, 205.51)

OKLCH

oklch(70.6%, 0.0148, 202.59)

HWB

hwb(184.3, 58.8%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a49796

Analogous

#96a49e

#96a3a4

#969ca4

Triadic

#96a3a4

#a496a3

#a3a496

Split-complementary

#96a3a4

#a4969c

#a49e96

Tetradic

#96a3a4

#9796a4

#a49796

#a3a496

Square

#96a3a4

#9e96a4

#a49796

#9ca496

Shades

Color #96a3a4 mixed toward black.

#7a8a8c

#616f70

#495354

#313838

#181c1c

Tints

Color #96a3a4 mixed toward white.

#a8b2b3

#b9c2c2

#cbd1d2

#dce0e1

#eef0f0

Tones

Color #96a3a4 mixed toward gray.

#97a2a3

#98a1a2

#9aa0a1

#9b9f9f

#9c9e9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9ca4 · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#9b9aa4 · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#97a4a4 · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #96a3a4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#96a3a4]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#96a3a4 (#96a3a4) is rgb(150, 163, 164) in RGB.

No, #96a3a4 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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