#979d9d

Color #979d9d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.48 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#979d9d

RGB

rgb(151, 157, 157)

HSL

hsl(180, 3%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 3.8%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(64.26, -2.15, -0.75)

LCH

lch(64.26, 2.28, 199.23)

OKLCH

oklch(69.1%, 0.0069, 196.86)

HWB

hwb(180, 59.2%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d9797

Analogous

#979d9a

#979d9d

#979a9d

Triadic

#979d9d

#9d979d

#9d9d97

Split-complementary

#979d9d

#9d979a

#9d9a97

Tetradic

#979d9d

#97979d

#9d9797

#9d9d97

Square

#979d9d

#9a979d

#9d9797

#9a9d97

Shades

Color #979d9d mixed toward black.

#7d8484

#646a6a

#4b4f4f

#323535

#191a1a

Tints

Color #979d9d mixed toward white.

#a8adad

#babebe

#cbcece

#dcdede

#eeefef

Tones

Color #979d9d mixed toward gray.

#979d9d

#989c9c

#999c9c

#999b9b

#9a9b9b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9a9d · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#99999d · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#979d9d · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 3.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #979d9d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#979d9d]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#979d9d (#979d9d) is rgb(151, 157, 157) in RGB.

No, #979d9d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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