#9c9ca6

Color #9c9ca6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.22 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 0.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9c9ca6

RGB

rgb(156, 156, 166)

HSL

hsl(240, 5.3%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 6%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(6%, 6%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(64.64, 1.97, -5.2)

LCH

lch(64.64, 5.56, 290.75)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.0145, 286.05)

HWB

hwb(240, 61.2%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6a69c

Analogous

#9ca1a6

#9c9ca6

#a19ca6

Triadic

#9c9ca6

#a69c9c

#9ca69c

Split-complementary

#9c9ca6

#a6a19c

#a1a69c

Tetradic

#9c9ca6

#a69ca6

#a6a69c

#9ca69c

Square

#9c9ca6

#a69ca1

#a6a69c

#9ca6a1

Shades

Color #9c9ca6 mixed toward black.

#80808c

#666671

#4c4c55

#333338

#19191c

Tints

Color #9c9ca6 mixed toward white.

#acacb5

#bdbdc4

#cdcdd2

#dedee1

#eeeef0

Tones

Color #9c9ca6 mixed toward gray.

#9d9da5

#9e9ea4

#9e9ea3

#9f9fa3

#a0a0a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9ca4 · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#9c9ca3 · ΔE 1.5

Tritanopia

#9ca2a1 · ΔE 7.4

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 5.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c9ca6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c9ca6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9c9ca6 (#9c9ca6) is rgb(156, 156, 166) in RGB.

No, #9c9ca6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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