#979fb8

Color #979fb8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.13 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#979fb8

RGB

rgb(151, 159, 184)

HSL

hsl(225.5, 18.9%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225.5, 17.9%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.9%, 13.6%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(65.62, 2.46, -13.86)

LCH

lch(65.62, 14.08, 280.06)

OKLCH

oklch(70.5%, 0.0376, 271.37)

HWB

hwb(225.5, 59.2%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8b097

Analogous

#97b0b8

#979fb8

#a097b8

Triadic

#979fb8

#b8979f

#9fb897

Split-complementary

#979fb8

#b8a097

#b0b897

Tetradic

#979fb8

#b097b8

#b8b097

#9fb897

Square

#979fb8

#b897b0

#b8b097

#97b8a0

Shades

Color #979fb8 mixed toward black.

#7680a1

#5b6585

#444c64

#2d3242

#171921

Tints

Color #979fb8 mixed toward white.

#a8afc4

#babfd0

#cbcfdc

#dcdfe7

#eeeff3

Tones

Color #979fb8 mixed toward gray.

#9aa0b5

#9da2b3

#9fa3b0

#a2a5ad

#a5a6aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9bb2 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#9a99b1 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#97aead · ΔE 15.1

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 10.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #979fb8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#979fb8]

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Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#979fb8 (#979fb8) is rgb(151, 159, 184) in RGB.

No, #979fb8 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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