#9b94ac

Color #9b94ac

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.71 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9b94ac

RGB

rgb(155, 148, 172)

HSL

hsl(257.5, 12.6%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257.5, 14%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.9%, 14%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(62.61, 7.35, -11.61)

LCH

lch(62.61, 13.74, 302.34)

OKLCH

oklch(68.1%, 0.0357, 298.79)

HWB

hwb(257.5, 58%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5ac94

Analogous

#9499ac

#9b94ac

#a794ac

Triadic

#9b94ac

#ac9b94

#94ac9b

Split-complementary

#9b94ac

#aca794

#99ac94

Tetradic

#9b94ac

#ac94a5

#a5ac94

#94ac9b

Square

#9b94ac

#ac9499

#a5ac94

#94aca7

Shades

Color #9b94ac mixed toward black.

#7f7695

#655d78

#4c465a

#322f3c

#19171e

Tints

Color #9b94ac mixed toward white.

#aca6ba

#bcb8c8

#cdc9d5

#dedbe3

#eeedf1

Tones

Color #9b94ac mixed toward gray.

#9c96aa

#9d98a8

#9d9aa6

#9e9ca4

#9f9ea2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898a7 · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#9899a5 · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#9ba2a1 · ΔE 14.7

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 11.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #9b94ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b94ac]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#9b94ac (#9b94ac) is rgb(155, 148, 172) in RGB.

No, #9b94ac 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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