#99a6a5

Color #99a6a5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.33 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#99a6a5

RGB

rgb(153, 166, 165)

HSL

hsl(175.4, 6.8%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(175.4, 7.8%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 0.6%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(67.1, -4.77, -1.06)

LCH

lch(67.1, 4.89, 192.53)

OKLCH

oklch(71.5%, 0.0148, 191.31)

HWB

hwb(175.4, 60%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6999a

Analogous

#99a69e

#99a6a5

#99a0a6

Triadic

#99a6a5

#a599a6

#a6a599

Split-complementary

#99a6a5

#a699a0

#a69e99

Tetradic

#99a6a5

#999aa6

#a6999a

#a6a599

Square

#99a6a5

#9e99a6

#a6999a

#a0a699

Shades

Color #99a6a5 mixed toward black.

#7d8d8c

#637170

#4a5554

#323938

#191c1c

Tints

Color #99a6a5 mixed toward white.

#aab5b4

#bbc4c3

#ccd2d2

#dde1e1

#eef0f0

Tones

Color #99a6a5 mixed toward gray.

#9aa5a4

#9ba4a3

#9ca3a2

#9da2a1

#9ea0a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fa5 · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#9e9da5 · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#9aa5a5 · ΔE 1.1

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 6.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #99a6a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#99a6a5]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Turquoise #40e0d0

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#99a6a5 (#99a6a5) is rgb(153, 166, 165) in RGB.

No, #99a6a5 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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