#9997a8

Color #9997a8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.94 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9997a8

RGB

rgb(153, 151, 168)

HSL

hsl(247.1, 8.9%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.1, 10.1%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.9%, 10.1%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(63.12, 4.13, -8.61)

LCH

lch(63.12, 9.55, 295.63)

OKLCH

oklch(68.4%, 0.0248, 291.07)

HWB

hwb(247.1, 59.2%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6a897

Analogous

#979da8

#9997a8

#a197a8

Triadic

#9997a8

#a89997

#97a899

Split-complementary

#9997a8

#a8a197

#9da897

Tetradic

#9997a8

#a897a6

#a6a897

#97a899

Square

#9997a8

#a8979d

#a6a897

#97a8a1

Shades

Color #9997a8 mixed toward black.

#7d7a90

#636174

#4a4957

#32303a

#19181d

Tints

Color #9997a8 mixed toward white.

#aaa8b6

#bbbac5

#cccbd3

#dddce2

#eeeef0

Tones

Color #9997a8 mixed toward gray.

#9a98a6

#9b9aa5

#9c9ba4

#9d9da2

#9e9ea1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898a4 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#9898a3 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#99a1a0 · ΔE 11.4

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 8.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9997a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9997a8]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9997a8 (#9997a8) is rgb(153, 151, 168) in RGB.

No, #9997a8 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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