#9a969d

Color #9a969d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.86 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9a969d

RGB

rgb(154, 150, 157)

HSL

hsl(274.3, 3.4%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.3, 4.5%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.9%, 4.5%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(62.61, 2.81, -3.15)

LCH

lch(62.61, 4.22, 311.73)

OKLCH

oklch(67.9%, 0.0111, 310.99)

HWB

hwb(274.3, 58.8%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#999d96

Analogous

#97969d

#9a969d

#9d969c

Triadic

#9a969d

#9d9a96

#969d9a

Split-complementary

#9a969d

#9c9d96

#969d97

Tetradic

#9a969d

#9d9699

#999d96

#969d9a

Square

#9a969d

#9d9796

#999d96

#969c9d

Shades

Color #9a969d mixed toward black.

#817c84

#67636a

#4d4a4f

#333135

#1a191a

Tints

Color #9a969d mixed toward white.

#aba8ad

#bcb9be

#cdcbce

#dddcde

#eeeeef

Tones

Color #9a969d mixed toward gray.

#9a979c

#9a989b

#9a999a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#98989b · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#99999b · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 4.8

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 4.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9a969d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9a969d]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#9a969d (#9a969d) is rgb(154, 150, 157) in RGB.

No, #9a969d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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