#9897aa

Color #9897aa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.75 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9897aa

RGB

rgb(152, 151, 170)

HSL

hsl(243.2, 10.1%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.2, 11.2%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.6%, 11.2%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(63.1, 4.21, -9.77)

LCH

lch(63.1, 10.64, 293.31)

OKLCH

oklch(68.4%, 0.0277, 288.11)

HWB

hwb(243.2, 59.2%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9aa97

Analogous

#979faa

#9897aa

#a197aa

Triadic

#9897aa

#aa9897

#97aa98

Split-complementary

#9897aa

#aaa197

#9faa97

Tetradic

#9897aa

#aa97a9

#a9aa97

#97aa98

Square

#9897aa

#aa979f

#a9aa97

#97aaa1

Shades

Color #9897aa mixed toward black.

#7b7992

#616076

#494858

#31303b

#18181d

Tints

Color #9897aa mixed toward white.

#a9a8b8

#babac6

#cbcbd4

#dddce3

#eeeef1

Tones

Color #9897aa mixed toward gray.

#9998a8

#9b9aa7

#9c9ca5

#9e9da4

#9f9fa2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898a6 · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#9898a5 · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#98a2a1 · ΔE 12.5

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 9.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9897aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9897aa]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9897aa (#9897aa) is rgb(152, 151, 170) in RGB.

No, #9897aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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