#979aae

Color #979aae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.62 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#979aae

RGB

rgb(151, 154, 174)

HSL

hsl(232.2, 12.4%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.2, 13.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.2%, 11.5%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(63.95, 3.04, -10.76)

LCH

lch(63.95, 11.18, 285.78)

OKLCH

oklch(69%, 0.0294, 278.79)

HWB

hwb(232.2, 59.2%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeab97

Analogous

#97a5ae

#979aae

#9f97ae

Triadic

#979aae

#ae979a

#9aae97

Split-complementary

#979aae

#ae9f97

#a5ae97

Tetradic

#979aae

#ab97ae

#aeab97

#9aae97

Square

#979aae

#ae97a5

#aeab97

#97ae9f

Shades

Color #979aae mixed toward black.

#797c96

#5f627a

#474a5b

#2f313d

#18191e

Tints

Color #979aae mixed toward white.

#a8abbb

#babcc9

#cbccd6

#dcdde4

#eeeef1

Tones

Color #979aae mixed toward gray.

#999bac

#9b9daa

#9d9ea8

#9fa0a6

#a1a1a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898a9 · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#9898a8 · ΔE 2

Tritanopia

#97a6a5 · ΔE 13

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 9.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #979aae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#979aae]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#979aae (#979aae) is rgb(151, 154, 174) in RGB.

No, #979aae 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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