#9ba8a9

Color #9ba8a9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.01 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 1.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9ba8a9

RGB

rgb(155, 168, 169)

HSL

hsl(184.3, 7.5%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.3, 8.3%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.3%, 0.6%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(67.9, -4.36, -2.08)

LCH

lch(67.9, 4.83, 205.5)

OKLCH

oklch(72.2%, 0.0147, 202.38)

HWB

hwb(184.3, 60.8%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a99c9b

Analogous

#9ba9a3

#9ba8a9

#9ba1a9

Triadic

#9ba8a9

#a99ba8

#a8a99b

Split-complementary

#9ba8a9

#a99ba1

#a9a39b

Tetradic

#9ba8a9

#9c9ba9

#a99c9b

#a8a99b

Square

#9ba8a9

#a39ba9

#a99c9b

#a1a99b

Shades

Color #9ba8a9 mixed toward black.

#7e8f90

#647374

#4b5657

#32393a

#191d1d

Tints

Color #9ba8a9 mixed toward white.

#acb6b7

#bcc5c6

#cdd3d4

#dee2e2

#eef0f1

Tones

Color #9ba8a9 mixed toward gray.

#9ca7a8

#9da6a7

#9ea5a5

#a0a4a4

#a1a3a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1a9 · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#a09fa9 · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#9ca9a9 · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 5.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9ba8a9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ba8a9]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#9ba8a9 (#9ba8a9) is rgb(155, 168, 169) in RGB.

No, #9ba8a9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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