#96a6af

Color #96a6af

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.8 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#96a6af

RGB

rgb(150, 166, 175)

HSL

hsl(201.6, 13.5%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(201.6, 14.3%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.3%, 5.1%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(67.17, -3.71, -6.54)

LCH

lch(67.17, 7.52, 240.43)

OKLCH

oklch(71.6%, 0.0224, 232.26)

HWB

hwb(201.6, 58.8%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af9f96

Analogous

#96afab

#96a6af

#9699af

Triadic

#96a6af

#af96a6

#a6af96

Split-complementary

#96a6af

#af9699

#afab96

Tetradic

#96a6af

#9f96af

#af9f96

#a6af96

Square

#96a6af

#ab96af

#af9f96

#99af96

Shades

Color #96a6af mixed toward black.

#778c98

#5e707b

#46545c

#2f383d

#171c1f

Tints

Color #96a6af mixed toward white.

#a7b5bc

#b9c4ca

#cad2d7

#dce1e4

#edf0f2

Tones

Color #96a6af mixed toward gray.

#98a5ad

#9aa5ab

#9ca4a9

#9ea4a7

#a0a3a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9dad · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#9c9bac · ΔE 10.3

Tritanopia

#97abab · ΔE 5.4

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 7.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #96a6af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#96a6af]

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Frequently asked questions

#96a6af (#96a6af) is rgb(150, 166, 175) in RGB.

No, #96a6af 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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