#99a0a6

Color #99a0a6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.62 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#99a0a6

RGB

rgb(153, 160, 166)

HSL

hsl(207.7, 6.8%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(207.7, 7.8%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.8%, 3.6%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(65.49, -1.29, -3.98)

LCH

lch(65.49, 4.18, 252.04)

OKLCH

oklch(70.2%, 0.0119, 243.65)

HWB

hwb(207.7, 60%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a69f99

Analogous

#99a6a5

#99a0a6

#9999a6

Triadic

#99a0a6

#a699a0

#a0a699

Split-complementary

#99a0a6

#a69999

#a6a599

Tetradic

#99a0a6

#9f99a6

#a69f99

#a0a699

Square

#99a0a6

#a599a6

#a69f99

#99a699

Shades

Color #99a0a6 mixed toward black.

#7d858d

#636b71

#4a5055

#323539

#191b1c

Tints

Color #99a0a6 mixed toward white.

#aab0b5

#bbc0c4

#cccfd2

#dddfe1

#eeeff0

Tones

Color #99a0a6 mixed toward gray.

#9aa0a5

#9ba0a4

#9ca0a3

#9da0a2

#9e9fa0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9ca5 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#9c9ba4 · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#99a3a3 · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #99a0a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#99a0a6]

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Frequently asked questions

#99a0a6 (#99a0a6) is rgb(153, 160, 166) in RGB.

No, #99a0a6 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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