#9797b5

Color #9797b5

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.17 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9797b5

RGB

rgb(151, 151, 181)

HSL

hsl(240, 16.9%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 16.6%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.6%, 16.6%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(63.38, 6.27, -15.56)

LCH

lch(63.38, 16.78, 291.95)

OKLCH

oklch(68.7%, 0.0438, 285.21)

HWB

hwb(240, 59.2%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5b597

Analogous

#97a6b5

#9797b5

#a697b5

Triadic

#9797b5

#b59797

#97b597

Split-complementary

#9797b5

#b5a697

#a6b597

Tetradic

#9797b5

#b597b5

#b5b597

#97b597

Square

#9797b5

#b597a6

#b5b597

#97b5a6

Shades

Color #9797b5 mixed toward black.

#77779e

#5c5c81

#454561

#2e2e41

#171720

Tints

Color #9797b5 mixed toward white.

#a8a8c1

#babace

#cbcbda

#dcdce6

#eeeef3

Tones

Color #9797b5 mixed toward gray.

#9999b3

#9c9cb0

#9e9eae

#a1a1ab

#a3a3a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797ae · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#9797ad · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#97a9a8 · ΔE 17.6

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 12.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9797b5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9797b5]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9797b5 (#9797b5) is rgb(151, 151, 181) in RGB.

No, #9797b5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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