#9896a8

Color #9896a8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.71 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9896a8

RGB

rgb(152, 150, 168)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 9.4%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 10.7%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.5%, 10.7%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(62.77, 4.35, -9.14)

LCH

lch(62.77, 10.12, 295.45)

OKLCH

oklch(68.1%, 0.0263, 290.71)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 58.8%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6a896

Analogous

#969da8

#9896a8

#a196a8

Triadic

#9896a8

#a89896

#96a898

Split-complementary

#9896a8

#a8a196

#9da896

Tetradic

#9896a8

#a896a6

#a6a896

#96a898

Square

#9896a8

#a8969d

#a6a896

#96a8a1

Shades

Color #9896a8 mixed toward black.

#7c7990

#626074

#4a4857

#31303a

#19181d

Tints

Color #9896a8 mixed toward white.

#a9a8b7

#bab9c5

#cccbd4

#dddce2

#eeeef1

Tones

Color #9896a8 mixed toward gray.

#9998a7

#9a99a5

#9c9ba4

#9d9ca2

#9e9ea1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797a4 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#9797a3 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#98a1a0 · ΔE 12.1

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9896a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9896a8]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9896a8 (#9896a8) is rgb(152, 150, 168) in RGB.

No, #9896a8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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