#9a9ca9

Color #9a9ca9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.63 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9a9ca9

RGB

rgb(154, 156, 169)

HSL

hsl(232, 8%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232, 8.9%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.9%, 7.7%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(64.57, 1.89, -7.01)

LCH

lch(64.57, 7.26, 285.09)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.019, 278.77)

HWB

hwb(232, 60.4%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9a79a

Analogous

#9aa3a9

#9a9ca9

#9f9aa9

Triadic

#9a9ca9

#a99a9c

#9ca99a

Split-complementary

#9a9ca9

#a99f9a

#a3a99a

Tetradic

#9a9ca9

#a79aa9

#a9a79a

#9ca99a

Square

#9a9ca9

#a99aa3

#a9a79a

#9aa99f

Shades

Color #9a9ca9 mixed toward black.

#7d7f90

#636574

#4a4c57

#32333a

#19191d

Tints

Color #9a9ca9 mixed toward white.

#abacb7

#bcbdc6

#cccdd4

#dddee2

#eeeef1

Tones

Color #9a9ca9 mixed toward gray.

#9b9da8

#9c9ea6

#9e9fa5

#9fa0a4

#a0a0a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9ba6 · ΔE 1.2

Deuteranopia

#9b9ba5 · ΔE 1.5

Tritanopia

#9aa4a3 · ΔE 9.2

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 6.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9a9ca9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9a9ca9]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#9a9ca9 (#9a9ca9) is rgb(154, 156, 169) in RGB.

No, #9a9ca9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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