#9b9fa1

Color #9b9fa1

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.42 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9b9fa1

RGB

rgb(155, 159, 161)

HSL

hsl(200, 3.1%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200, 3.7%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.7%, 1.2%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(65.23, -1.04, -1.54)

LCH

lch(65.23, 1.86, 235.97)

OKLCH

oklch(70%, 0.0055, 228.72)

HWB

hwb(200, 60.8%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a19d9b

Analogous

#9ba1a0

#9b9fa1

#9b9ca1

Triadic

#9b9fa1

#a19b9f

#9fa19b

Split-complementary

#9b9fa1

#a19b9c

#a1a09b

Tetradic

#9b9fa1

#9d9ba1

#a19d9b

#9fa19b

Square

#9b9fa1

#a09ba1

#a19d9b

#9ca19b

Shades

Color #9b9fa1 mixed toward black.

#808588

#666a6d

#4d5052

#333536

#1a1b1b

Tints

Color #9b9fa1 mixed toward white.

#acafb1

#bcbfc0

#cdcfd0

#dedfe0

#eeefef

Tones

Color #9b9fa1 mixed toward gray.

#9c9fa1

#9c9fa0

#9d9fa0

#9d9e9f

#9e9e9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9da1 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#9d9ca0 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#9ba0a0 · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 2.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b9fa1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b9fa1]

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Frequently asked questions

#9b9fa1 (#9b9fa1) is rgb(155, 159, 161) in RGB.

No, #9b9fa1 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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