#9b9fbb

Color #9b9fbb

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.69 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9b9fbb

RGB

rgb(155, 159, 187)

HSL

hsl(232.5, 19%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.5, 17.1%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.1%, 15%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(66.02, 4.44, -14.9)

LCH

lch(66.02, 15.55, 286.59)

OKLCH

oklch(70.9%, 0.041, 278.84)

HWB

hwb(232.5, 60.8%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bbb79b

Analogous

#9bafbb

#9b9fbb

#a79bbb

Triadic

#9b9fbb

#bb9b9f

#9fbb9b

Split-complementary

#9b9fbb

#bba79b

#afbb9b

Tetradic

#9b9fbb

#b79bbb

#bbb79b

#9fbb9b

Square

#9b9fbb

#bb9baf

#bbb79b

#9bbba7

Shades

Color #9b9fbb mixed toward black.

#797fa4

#5c6288

#454966

#2e3144

#171822

Tints

Color #9b9fbb mixed toward white.

#acafc6

#bcbfd2

#cdcfdd

#dedfe8

#eeeff4

Tones

Color #9b9fbb mixed toward gray.

#9ea1b8

#a0a3b6

#a3a5b3

#a6a7b0

#a8a9ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9db5 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#9d9cb3 · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#9bb0ae · ΔE 17

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 11.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b9fbb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b9fbb]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#9b9fbb (#9b9fbb) is rgb(155, 159, 187) in RGB.

No, #9b9fbb 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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