#96a3af

Color #96a3af

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.54 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#96a3af

RGB

rgb(150, 163, 175)

HSL

hsl(208.8, 13.5%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(208.8, 14.3%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.3%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(66.35, -2.07, -7.76)

LCH

lch(66.35, 8.03, 255.06)

OKLCH

oklch(70.9%, 0.0229, 246.01)

HWB

hwb(208.8, 58.8%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afa296

Analogous

#96afae

#96a3af

#9696af

Triadic

#96a3af

#af96a3

#a3af96

Split-complementary

#96a3af

#af9696

#afae96

Tetradic

#96a3af

#a296af

#afa296

#a3af96

Square

#96a3af

#ae96af

#afa296

#96af96

Shades

Color #96a3af mixed toward black.

#778898

#5e6d7b

#46525c

#2f363d

#171b1f

Tints

Color #96a3af mixed toward white.

#a7b2bc

#b9c2ca

#cad1d7

#dce0e4

#edf0f2

Tones

Color #96a3af mixed toward gray.

#98a3ad

#9aa3ab

#9ca3a9

#9ea3a7

#a0a3a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9cac · ΔE 7.3

Deuteranopia

#9b9aac · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#97aaa9 · ΔE 7.8

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #96a3af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#96a3af]

Related colors

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#96a3af (#96a3af) is rgb(150, 163, 175) in RGB.

No, #96a3af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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