#9b9ba9

Color #9b9ba9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.19 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9b9ba9

RGB

rgb(155, 155, 169)

HSL

hsl(240, 7.5%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 8.3%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.3%, 8.3%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(64.38, 2.79, -7.28)

LCH

lch(64.38, 7.8, 290.97)

OKLCH

oklch(69.4%, 0.0203, 285.75)

HWB

hwb(240, 60.8%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9a99b

Analogous

#9ba2a9

#9b9ba9

#a29ba9

Triadic

#9b9ba9

#a99b9b

#9ba99b

Split-complementary

#9b9ba9

#a9a29b

#a2a99b

Tetradic

#9b9ba9

#a99ba9

#a9a99b

#9ba99b

Square

#9b9ba9

#a99ba2

#a9a99b

#9ba9a2

Shades

Color #9b9ba9 mixed toward black.

#7e7e90

#646474

#4b4b57

#32323a

#19191d

Tints

Color #9b9ba9 mixed toward white.

#acacb7

#bcbcc6

#cdcdd4

#dedee2

#eeeef1

Tones

Color #9b9ba9 mixed toward gray.

#9c9ca8

#9d9da7

#9e9ea5

#a0a0a4

#a1a1a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9ba6 · ΔE 1.3

Deuteranopia

#9b9ba5 · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#9ba3a3 · ΔE 9.2

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 7.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b9ba9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b9ba9]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9b9ba9 (#9b9ba9) is rgb(155, 155, 169) in RGB.

No, #9b9ba9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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