#9c9bc1

Color #9c9bc1

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 16.39 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9c9bc1

RGB

rgb(156, 155, 193)

HSL

hsl(241.6, 23.5%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.6, 19.7%, 75.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.2%, 19.7%, 0%, 24.3%)

LAB

lab(65.25, 8.36, -19.42)

LCH

lch(65.25, 21.14, 293.29)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.0552, 286.1)

HWB

hwb(241.6, 60.8%, 24.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c0c19b

Analogous

#9badc1

#9c9bc1

#af9bc1

Triadic

#9c9bc1

#c19c9b

#9bc19c

Split-complementary

#9c9bc1

#c1af9b

#adc19b

Tetradic

#9c9bc1

#c19bc0

#c0c19b

#9bc19c

Square

#9c9bc1

#c19bad

#c0c19b

#9bc1af

Shades

Color #9c9bc1 mixed toward black.

#7877ab

#5a598f

#44436b

#2d2c48

#171624

Tints

Color #9c9bc1 mixed toward white.

#acaccb

#bdbcd6

#cdcde0

#dedeea

#eeeef5

Tones

Color #9c9bc1 mixed toward gray.

#9f9ebe

#a2a1bb

#a5a4b7

#a8a8b4

#ababb1

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

#9c9cb9 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#9c9cb7 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#9cb2b0 · ΔE 20.7

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 15.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c9bc1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c9bc1]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9c9bc1 (#9c9bc1) is rgb(156, 155, 193) in RGB.

No, #9c9bc1 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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