#999cb2

Color #999cb2

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.56 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#999cb2

RGB

rgb(153, 156, 178)

HSL

hsl(232.8, 14%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.8, 14%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(14%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(64.77, 3.47, -11.76)

LCH

lch(64.77, 12.26, 286.44)

OKLCH

oklch(69.8%, 0.0322, 279.46)

HWB

hwb(232.8, 60%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b2af99

Analogous

#99a9b2

#999cb2

#a299b2

Triadic

#999cb2

#b2999c

#9cb299

Split-complementary

#999cb2

#b2a299

#a9b299

Tetradic

#999cb2

#af99b2

#b2af99

#9cb299

Square

#999cb2

#b299a9

#b2af99

#99b2a2

Shades

Color #999cb2 mixed toward black.

#7a7d9a

#5f637e

#474a5e

#2f313f

#18191f

Tints

Color #999cb2 mixed toward white.

#aaacbf

#bbbdcc

#cccdd9

#dddee5

#eeeef2

Tones

Color #999cb2 mixed toward gray.

#9b9eb0

#9d9fae

#9fa1ac

#a1a2aa

#a3a4a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9aad · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#9a9aac · ΔE 1.9

Tritanopia

#99a9a8 · ΔE 13.9

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 10

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Code

CSS

background-color: #999cb2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#999cb2]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#999cb2 (#999cb2) is rgb(153, 156, 178) in RGB.

No, #999cb2 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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