#9ba5b8

Color #9ba5b8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.11 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9ba5b8

RGB

rgb(155, 165, 184)

HSL

hsl(219.3, 17%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.3, 15.8%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.8%, 10.3%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(67.53, 0.45, -10.97)

LCH

lch(67.53, 10.98, 272.35)

OKLCH

oklch(72%, 0.0299, 263.47)

HWB

hwb(219.3, 60.8%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8ae9b

Analogous

#9bb4b8

#9ba5b8

#a09bb8

Triadic

#9ba5b8

#b89ba5

#a5b89b

Split-complementary

#9ba5b8

#b8a09b

#b4b89b

Tetradic

#9ba5b8

#ae9bb8

#b8ae9b

#a5b89b

Square

#9ba5b8

#b89bb4

#b8ae9b

#9bb8a0

Shades

Color #9ba5b8 mixed toward black.

#7a87a1

#5e6b84

#465063

#2f3642

#171b21

Tints

Color #9ba5b8 mixed toward white.

#acb4c4

#bcc3d0

#cdd2dc

#dee1e7

#eef0f3

Tones

Color #9ba5b8 mixed toward gray.

#9da6b6

#a0a7b3

#a2a7b1

#a5a8ae

#a7a9ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9fa0b4 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#9f9eb3 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#9cb0af · ΔE 11.7

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 8.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9ba5b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ba5b8]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#9ba5b8 (#9ba5b8) is rgb(155, 165, 184) in RGB.

No, #9ba5b8 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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