#979e9d

Color #979e9d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.43 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#979e9d

RGB

rgb(151, 158, 157)

HSL

hsl(171.4, 3.5%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.4, 4.4%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 0.6%, 38%)

LAB

lab(64.54, -2.7, -0.35)

LCH

lch(64.54, 2.72, 187.39)

OKLCH

oklch(69.3%, 0.0082, 187.04)

HWB

hwb(171.4, 59.2%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9e9798

Analogous

#979e9a

#979e9d

#979c9e

Triadic

#979e9d

#9d979e

#9e9d97

Split-complementary

#979e9d

#9e979c

#9e9a97

Tetradic

#979e9d

#97989e

#9e9798

#9e9d97

Square

#979e9d

#9a979e

#9e9798

#9c9e97

Shades

Color #979e9d mixed toward black.

#7c8584

#636b6a

#4b504f

#323535

#191b1a

Tints

Color #979e9d mixed toward white.

#a8aead

#babebe

#cbcfce

#dcdfde

#eeefef

Tones

Color #979e9d mixed toward gray.

#989d9d

#989d9c

#999c9c

#999c9b

#9a9b9b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9a9d · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#9a999d · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#979d9d · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 3.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #979e9d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#979e9d]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#979e9d (#979e9d) is rgb(151, 158, 157) in RGB.

No, #979e9d 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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