#9895aa

Color #9895aa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.1 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9895aa

RGB

rgb(152, 149, 170)

HSL

hsl(248.6, 11%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.6, 12.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.6%, 12.4%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(62.57, 5.33, -10.57)

LCH

lch(62.57, 11.84, 296.76)

OKLCH

oklch(67.9%, 0.0308, 292.15)

HWB

hwb(248.6, 58.4%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7aa95

Analogous

#959caa

#9895aa

#a295aa

Triadic

#9895aa

#aa9895

#95aa98

Split-complementary

#9895aa

#aaa295

#9caa95

Tetradic

#9895aa

#aa95a7

#a7aa95

#95aa98

Square

#9895aa

#aa959c

#a7aa95

#95aaa2

Shades

Color #9895aa mixed toward black.

#7b7792

#625f76

#494758

#312f3b

#18181d

Tints

Color #9895aa mixed toward white.

#a9a7b8

#bab8c6

#cbcad4

#dddce3

#eeedf1

Tones

Color #9895aa mixed toward gray.

#9997a8

#9a98a6

#9c9aa5

#9d9ca3

#9e9ea1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797a5 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#9797a4 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#98a1a0 · ΔE 13.4

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 10.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #9895aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9895aa]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9895aa (#9895aa) is rgb(152, 149, 170) in RGB.

No, #9895aa 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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