#9a9ea4

Color #9a9ea4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.6 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9a9ea4

RGB

rgb(154, 158, 164)

HSL

hsl(216, 5.2%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216, 6.1%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.1%, 3.7%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(64.97, -0.24, -3.62)

LCH

lch(64.97, 3.63, 266.21)

OKLCH

oklch(69.8%, 0.0099, 258.35)

HWB

hwb(216, 60.4%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4a09a

Analogous

#9aa3a4

#9a9ea4

#9b9aa4

Triadic

#9a9ea4

#a49a9e

#9ea49a

Split-complementary

#9a9ea4

#a49b9a

#a3a49a

Tetradic

#9a9ea4

#a09aa4

#a4a09a

#9ea49a

Square

#9a9ea4

#a49aa3

#a4a09a

#9aa49b

Shades

Color #9a9ea4 mixed toward black.

#7e838b

#656970

#4b4f54

#323438

#191a1c

Tints

Color #9a9ea4 mixed toward white.

#abaeb3

#bcbec2

#cdcfd2

#dddfe1

#eeeff0

Tones

Color #9a9ea4 mixed toward gray.

#9b9ea3

#9c9ea2

#9d9fa2

#9d9fa1

#9e9fa0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9ca3 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#9c9ba2 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#9aa1a1 · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 3.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9a9ea4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9a9ea4]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

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Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#9a9ea4 (#9a9ea4) is rgb(154, 158, 164) in RGB.

No, #9a9ea4 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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