#9794a3

Color #9794a3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.5 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9794a3

RGB

rgb(151, 148, 163)

HSL

hsl(252, 7.5%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252, 9.2%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.4%, 9.2%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(62, 4.08, -7.47)

LCH

lch(62, 8.51, 298.64)

OKLCH

oklch(67.4%, 0.0221, 294.94)

HWB

hwb(252, 58%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a0a394

Analogous

#9499a3

#9794a3

#9f94a3

Triadic

#9794a3

#a39794

#94a397

Split-complementary

#9794a3

#a39f94

#99a394

Tetradic

#9794a3

#a394a0

#a0a394

#94a397

Square

#9794a3

#a39499

#a0a394

#94a39f

Shades

Color #9794a3 mixed toward black.

#7c788b

#63606f

#4a4854

#323038

#19181c

Tints

Color #9794a3 mixed toward white.

#a8a6b2

#bab8c2

#cbcad1

#dcdbe0

#eeedf0

Tones

Color #9794a3 mixed toward gray.

#9895a2

#9997a1

#99989f

#9a999e

#9b9a9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696a0 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#96969f · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#979d9c · ΔE 10.4

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 7.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9794a3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9794a3]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#9794a3 (#9794a3) is rgb(151, 148, 163) in RGB.

No, #9794a3 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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