#96bbb7

Color #96bbb7

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 13.93 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#96bbb7

RGB

rgb(150, 187, 183)

HSL

hsl(173.5, 21.4%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(173.5, 19.8%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(73.18, -13.2, -2.08)

LCH

lch(73.18, 13.36, 188.95)

OKLCH

oklch(76.4%, 0.0402, 188.29)

HWB

hwb(173.5, 58.8%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bb969a

Analogous

#96bba5

#96bbb7

#96adbb

Triadic

#96bbb7

#b796bb

#bbb796

Split-complementary

#96bbb7

#bb96ad

#bba596

Tetradic

#96bbb7

#969abb

#bb969a

#bbb796

Square

#96bbb7

#a596bb

#bb969a

#adbb96

Shades

Color #96bbb7 mixed toward black.

#74a5a0

#588883

#426662

#2c4442

#162221

Tints

Color #96bbb7 mixed toward white.

#a8c6c3

#b9d2cf

#cbdddb

#dce8e7

#eef4f3

Tones

Color #96bbb7 mixed toward gray.

#99b8b5

#9cb5b2

#9fb2b0

#a2afad

#a5acab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a8b8 · ΔE 18.1

Deuteranopia

#a5a2b8 · ΔE 21.5

Tritanopia

#98b9b9 · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 13.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #96bbb7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#96bbb7]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#96bbb7 (#96bbb7) is rgb(150, 187, 183) in RGB.

No, #96bbb7 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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