#9996ad

Color #9996ad

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.7 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9996ad

RGB

rgb(153, 150, 173)

HSL

hsl(247.8, 12.3%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.8, 13.3%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.6%, 13.3%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(63.01, 5.75, -11.59)

LCH

lch(63.01, 12.94, 296.39)

OKLCH

oklch(68.3%, 0.0336, 291.45)

HWB

hwb(247.8, 58.8%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aaad96

Analogous

#969ead

#9996ad

#a496ad

Triadic

#9996ad

#ad9996

#96ad99

Split-complementary

#9996ad

#ada496

#9ead96

Tetradic

#9996ad

#ad96aa

#aaad96

#96ad99

Square

#9996ad

#ad969e

#aaad96

#96ada4

Shades

Color #9996ad mixed toward black.

#7c7895

#625e79

#49475b

#312f3c

#18181e

Tints

Color #9996ad mixed toward white.

#aaa7bb

#bbb9c8

#cccad6

#dddce4

#eeedf1

Tones

Color #9996ad mixed toward gray.

#9a98ab

#9c9aa9

#9d9ca7

#9f9ea5

#a09fa3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898a8 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#9898a7 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#99a4a3 · ΔE 14.6

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 10.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9996ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9996ad]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9996ad (#9996ad) is rgb(153, 150, 173) in RGB.

No, #9996ad is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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