#979ea1

Color #979ea1

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.53 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#979ea1

RGB

rgb(151, 158, 161)

HSL

hsl(198, 5.1%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198, 6.2%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.2%, 1.9%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(64.65, -1.9, -2.43)

LCH

lch(64.65, 3.08, 231.98)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.0092, 225)

HWB

hwb(198, 59.2%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a19a97

Analogous

#97a19f

#979ea1

#9799a1

Triadic

#979ea1

#a1979e

#9ea197

Split-complementary

#979ea1

#a19799

#a19f97

Tetradic

#979ea1

#9a97a1

#a19a97

#9ea197

Square

#979ea1

#9f97a1

#a19a97

#99a197

Shades

Color #979ea1 mixed toward black.

#7c8588

#636a6d

#4a5052

#313537

#191b1b

Tints

Color #979ea1 mixed toward white.

#a8aeb1

#babec0

#cbcfd0

#dcdfe0

#eeefef

Tones

Color #979ea1 mixed toward gray.

#989ea0

#999d9f

#9a9d9f

#9a9d9e

#9b9c9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9aa0 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#9a99a0 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#97a0a0 · ΔE 2.2

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 3.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #979ea1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#979ea1]

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Light Sky Blue #87cefa

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#979ea1 (#979ea1) is rgb(151, 158, 161) in RGB.

No, #979ea1 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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