#9bbab6

Color #9bbab6

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 12.05 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9bbab6

RGB

rgb(155, 186, 182)

HSL

hsl(172.3, 18.3%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172.3, 16.7%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(73.2, -11.28, -1.48)

LCH

lch(73.2, 11.38, 187.47)

OKLCH

oklch(76.5%, 0.0341, 186.9)

HWB

hwb(172.3, 60.8%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ba9b9f

Analogous

#9bbaa7

#9bbab6

#9bafba

Triadic

#9bbab6

#b69bba

#bab69b

Split-complementary

#9bbab6

#ba9baf

#baa79b

Tetradic

#9bbab6

#9b9fba

#ba9b9f

#bab69b

Square

#9bbab6

#a79bba

#ba9b9f

#afba9b

Shades

Color #9bbab6 mixed toward black.

#7aa39e

#5d8781

#466561

#2e4341

#172220

Tints

Color #9bbab6 mixed toward white.

#acc6c2

#bcd1ce

#cddddb

#dee8e7

#eef4f3

Tones

Color #9bbab6 mixed toward gray.

#9eb7b4

#a0b5b2

#a3b2b0

#a5b0ae

#a8adad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9aab7 · ΔE 15.9

Deuteranopia

#a7a5b7 · ΔE 18.7

Tritanopia

#9db8b8 · ΔE 2.4

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 12.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9bbab6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9bbab6]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#9bbab6 (#9bbab6) is rgb(155, 186, 182) in RGB.

No, #9bbab6 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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