#9a99aa

Color #9a99aa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.2 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9a99aa

RGB

rgb(154, 153, 170)

HSL

hsl(243.5, 9.1%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.5, 10%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.4%, 10%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(63.8, 3.77, -8.72)

LCH

lch(63.8, 9.5, 293.38)

OKLCH

oklch(68.9%, 0.0247, 288.43)

HWB

hwb(243.5, 60%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9aa99

Analogous

#99a0aa

#9a99aa

#a299aa

Triadic

#9a99aa

#aa9a99

#99aa9a

Split-complementary

#9a99aa

#aaa299

#a0aa99

Tetradic

#9a99aa

#aa99a9

#a9aa99

#99aa9a

Square

#9a99aa

#aa99a0

#a9aa99

#99aaa2

Shades

Color #9a99aa mixed toward black.

#7d7c91

#636275

#4a4958

#31313b

#19181d

Tints

Color #9a99aa mixed toward white.

#abaab8

#bcbbc6

#ccccd4

#dddde3

#eeeef1

Tones

Color #9a99aa mixed toward gray.

#9b9aa9

#9c9ca7

#9e9da6

#9f9fa4

#a0a0a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9aa6 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#9a9aa5 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#9aa3a2 · ΔE 11.4

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 8.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9a99aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9a99aa]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9a99aa (#9a99aa) is rgb(154, 153, 170) in RGB.

No, #9a99aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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