#9b9ac5

Color #9b9ac5

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 18.44 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9b9ac5

RGB

rgb(155, 154, 197)

HSL

hsl(241.4, 27%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.4, 21.8%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.3%, 21.8%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(65.05, 9.54, -21.96)

LCH

lch(65.05, 23.94, 293.48)

OKLCH

oklch(70.2%, 0.0626, 285.77)

HWB

hwb(241.4, 60.4%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c4c59a

Analogous

#9aaec5

#9b9ac5

#b09ac5

Triadic

#9b9ac5

#c59b9a

#9ac59b

Split-complementary

#9b9ac5

#c5b09a

#aec59a

Tetradic

#9b9ac5

#c59ac4

#c4c59a

#9ac59b

Square

#9b9ac5

#c59aae

#c4c59a

#9ac5b0

Shades

Color #9b9ac5 mixed toward black.

#7675b0

#575595

#41406f

#2b2b4a

#161525

Tints

Color #9b9ac5 mixed toward white.

#acabcf

#bcbcd8

#cdcce2

#deddec

#eeeef5

Tones

Color #9b9ac5 mixed toward gray.

#9e9ec1

#a2a1be

#a5a5ba

#a9a8b7

#acacb3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9bbc · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#9b9bb9 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#9bb4b2 · ΔE 22.1

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 16.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b9ac5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b9ac5]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9b9ac5 (#9b9ac5) is rgb(155, 154, 197) in RGB.

No, #9b9ac5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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